Reward of Rs 5,100 for students who scored 98 % or more in class 12 exams: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced a cash prize of Rs 5,100 each for students who scored 98 per cent or more in class 12 exams, the results of which were declared recently by the Punjab School Education Board.

The CM made the announcement during his weekly liove interaction session ‘#AskCaptain’ on Facebook.

Responding to a query by a Nawanshahr resident, Sukhjinder Singh, CM



said, “The consistent, concerted and dedicated efforts of the education department, especially the teachers, for sprucing up the infrastructure facilities and bringing in qualitative improvement in teaching-learning has started fructifying. 

The pass percentage of government schools this year is 94.32%, and has outshined the private schools consecutively for the second year, thus bringing in a change in public perception”.