No CBSE fee for govt school students in Delhi: Sisodia

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Those with annual income between Rs2,50,000 and Rs600,000 will get a 25 per cent scholarship.- Alamy Image
Those with annual income between Rs2,50,000 and Rs600,000 will get a 25 per cent scholarship.- Alamy Image

New Delhi - Scholarships will also be offered to the students.

By IANS

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Published: Sun 23 Jun 2019, 10:05 AM

Last updated: Sun 23 Jun 2019, 4:19 PM

The Delhi government on Saturday (June 22) announced that the students from government schools will not have to pay any fees to the Central Board of Secondary Education.
Education Minister Manish Sisodia said this while addressing students during a felicitation ceremony at Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi.
All the Delhi government schools are using the Central Board of Secondary Education as board of education.
Sisodia said the students will no longer have to pay Rs1,500 to the education board.
The government took the decision after students told Sisodia that although the education is free, they had to pay Rs 1,500 to CBSE.
Those students belonging to families having annual income less than Rs100,000 will get 100 per cent scholarship, while those with annual income between Rs100,000 and 2,50,000 will get a 50 per cent scholarship.
Those with annual income between Rs2,50,000 and Rs600,000 will get a 25 per cent scholarship.
 


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