Peren, April 23 (MExN): Initiated by the Department of School Education (DoSE), a one-day sensitization programme for school teachers was held at Tening on ‘Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme’ at Education Block Resource Centre (EBRC) Tening on April 23.
A team led by Deputy Director and State Nodal Officer (SNO) for Scholarship Scheme, Limadangit Jamir along with technical support staff from DEO Peren and SDEO Tening as resource persons launched the workshop.
Teachers from both government and private schools representing each village in the sub-division attended the programme.
Jangsem Tzudir from the Department of School Education outlined the modalities under the pre-matric scholarship scheme and NSP 2.0 guidelines and eligibility criteria for applying and availing the scholarship under both Minority and Tribal Scheme.
Zürheto Nyuthe, Special Educator, DoSE gave a short presentation on the step-by-step process for applying pre-matric scholarship scheme through the NSP 2.0 portal and web-based scholarship.nagaland.gov.in for the understanding of the trainees and designated Institutional Nodal Officers present.
Delivering the vote of thanks, Tumben P Tsanglao, EAC Tening expressed gratitude to DoSE for the proactive and prompt initiative to facilitate and enable the students to avail financial support for their education, especially for the economically weaker sections. He further exhorted the teachers designated as Institutional Nodal Officers to be effective agents in their role not only as government employees but as ‘public servants’ while facilitating students to avail government financial aid.
