Applications to enroll students into schools and receive scholarships as per the 2015 budget proposal – which has made provisions to increase Grade 5 scholarships by 10,000 – will be accepted from Saturday, November 29.

The Ministry of Education stated that the deadline for accepting these applications is set for December 10. The relevant application forms which will increase the scholarships granted to Grade 5 students by 10,000 has been sent to provincial education directors.

The Ministry of Education said that the applications, which will be granted to school principals, should be submitted to the education director of the relevant education zone on or before December 10.

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