Punjab govt decides to distribute 5,000 laptops among students within 30 days
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has decided to provide laptops to shining students within 90 days under Chief Minister Laptop and Honhar Scholarship Program, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The students will be given the latest Core i7, 13 generation laptops by the government. 2000 minority students will also be liable to avail this opportunity. CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif has issued directives to give laptops to matriculation and FSC position holders. 20,000 students of universities, 14000 students of colleges, 4000 students of industry and agriculture, 2000 students of medical and dental colleges will get laptops. While 32 percent students of South Punjab will also be included in this scheme.
The students will be given 5,000 laptops within 30 days and 35,000 laptops will be distributed by February 20, 2025 under the Chief Minister Laptop Scheme. Moreover, scholarships will also be offered to students of 30,000 government and 10,000 private educational institutions across Punjab. 18,000 female students will get scholarships under the CM Scholarship Program. Full tuition fees of students for four to five years will be paid under Honahar Scholarship. Till now 68,329 applications have been received for scholarship while the verification of 34,290 applications has been completed so far.
Reporter: Rao Dilshad