194 wards of J&K police, SPOs granted scholarship by DGP

Srinagar, May 19: Director General of Jammu and Kashmir police S P Vaid on Saturday granted scholarship to 194 wards of serving police personnel and Special Police Officers (SPO), a police spokesman said here on Saturday afternoon.

He said Dr Vaid has granted scholarship of Rs 10.55 lakh in favour of 194 wards of serving police personnel, who have secured 80 per cent and above marks in annual examination of class 10th and 12th during the academic session 2017.

The scholarship has been granted out of Central Police Welfare Fund for 116 meritorious students of class 10th and 78 of class 12th, which included 103 girl students also.

Students from class 10th, having secured above 90 per cent marks are granted scholarship of Rs six thousand each and the wards with eighty per cent and above marks are given Rs four thousand each.

Similarly, wards of class 12th with above 90 per cent marks are given scholarship of Rs seventy-two hundred each and with eighty per cent or above marks are granted Rs six thousand each.

Two wards of serving SPOs have also been granted meritorious scholarship of Rs 6,000 each for securing the prescribed criteria of marks in classes 10th and 12th. This was the first time that the SPOs have been brought under the scholarship scheme.