Jaipur, September 14: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today more researches, inventions and development activities in science and technology should be promoted so that its advantage could reach to common men.
Addressing a function organized by a science newspaper, here, Gehlot said educational institutions should make special efforts to create interest and perspective for science.
He said state government has provided scholarship of Rs 20 crore to 35,000 students ranging from 6th to 11th standard with the aim of creating interest for science education.
Chairperson of the Board of Secondary Education, Ajmer, Subhash Garg said D C. Kothari and Kalpana Chawla scholarhips would be started by the Board from this session and ten students who secure position in district level merit in science subject would be awarded scholarship in the session 2011-12.
–Agencies