Over Seven Lakh Kashmiri Students Register For Centre’s Pre-Matric, Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes

As many as seven lakh students have been registered on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) in Kashmir division till date.

This was stated in a handout released on Saturday (8 February) by Mohammad Younis Malik, Director of School Education, Kashmir.

"Seven lakh students have so far been registered on the NSP for pre-matric and post-matric scholarship schemes. The number is expected to increase by 10 February 2020, which is the last date for registration," the hand-out read.

Out of 1,164 students, 273 students of Class VIII have qualified for national merit-cum-means scholarship. These students had appeared in a special examination conducted for the purpose by the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir, in September 2019.

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