Awarding 'Support to School' scholarships to 68 students with difficult circumstances in the North Central region

Attending the program were representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee, the Department of Education and Training, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Youth Union of 4 provinces: Nghe An, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa and accompanying units. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Each "Support to School" scholarship is worth 10 million VND, of which the special scholarship is 15 million VND to be awarded to those facing difficult circumstances.

This year, the program awarded scholarships to 68 students in the North Central provinces with a total value of more than 740 million VND. Of which, Nghe An has 20 students studying at universities in and outside the province who were awarded scholarships.

The program's accompanying units also presented two laptops to two new students with special difficulties and a lack of learning equipment.

Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission Hoang Dinh Tuan and Mr. Le Xuan Trung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper presented scholarship certificates and gifts to the students. Photo: Thanh Quynh

In 2021, the "Support to go to school" program for new students will also be organized and awarded to the following regions: Central, Central Highlands, Southeast, Mekong Delta; Northern and North Central provinces and cities.

After 18 years of implementation, the "Support to School" scholarship has supported 20,395 new students with difficulties to go to university and college with a total amount of more than 146.5 billion VND.

Representatives of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee, Nghe An Department of Education and Training, Tuoi Tre Newspaper and accompanying units presented scholarship certificates and gifts to 20 Nghe An students. Photo: Thanh Quynh

In 2021, due to the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, many new students have become orphans. The difficulties are further compounded when relatives lose their jobs and have reduced income. Therefore, the scholarship fund will continue to consider awarding scholarships to more than 1,000 new students in difficult circumstances in 63 provinces and cities across the country with a total budget of more than 12 billion VND.

In addition, the accompanying units also sponsored 50 laptops worth more than 600 million VND for new students with special difficulties and lack of learning equipment; 1,500 backpacks as gifts for new students worth 230 million VND in total.