The education ministry has taken steps to grant bursary to 250 students with special needs who sat for the grade five scholarship examination in year 2019 August.
Only 15,000 students received grade five bursary until last year and the Cabinet has already given approval to increase up to 20,000 this year, out of those, 19,750 students will be selected based on the marks receive for grade five scholarship examination to award bursary.
But under the Cabinet decision released with regard to this instructs to grant this bursary to children with special needs based on sitting for grade five scholarship examination. This bursary fund will be given to students relevant from grade 6 till 13.
The education ministry has implemented various steps to provide quality education opportunities to all children of the country under the initiative of education minister Mr. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam Attorney at law, and among those increment of the amount of students receiving grade five bursary fund and increment of bursary payment from rupees 500/- to rupees 750/- is another remarkable move
