Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: The Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education today conducted a one day sensitization program for key functionaries of the School Education Department.
Objective of the sensitization programme was the promotion of various schemes launched by MHRD, Government of India and State Open Schooling Scheme, undertaken by J&K State as Nodal Agency.
The program was chaired by Prof Zahoor Ahmed Chat, Chairman, J&K State BOSE, who vehemently stressed for cooperation from School Education Department in the successful implementation of the scholarship schemes so that the deserving students could get maximum benefit out of these schemes.
Furthermore, he stressed upon the mission taken by J&K State BOSE to initiate open learning system to augment opportunities for further education and make it life long process there by help tens of thousands of students who have dropped the formal system or those who cannot attend a regular Institution.
The program was attended by Director School Education, Jammu, Smita Sethi, Chief Education Officers of 10 Districts of Jammu Division, Officers and Officials of Directorate of School Education and J&K State BOSE.
It is apt to mention here that J&K State BOSE is the nodal agency to implement various kinds of Centrally sponsored schemes like National Means- cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS), National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), Central Sector Scholarship Scheme (CSSS), and Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE), Dhiru Bhai Ambani Scholarship Scheme etc and conducts various examinations for the award of scholarships to the students studying in class 8th and 10th.
The J&K State Board of School Education has launched Open Schooling for School dropouts, older persons, persons in employment, disadvantaged groups and failures from the formal system of education.
This facility at first instance is available for class 10th this year through a network of 38 selected Government Institutions.
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