33 Ludhiana students clear Punjab state talent search exam
LUDHIANA :Only 33 out of the total 2,739 students from the district, who appeared for the Punjab state talent search examination (PSTSE), were able to clear it. Of 33, 20 are girls.
The result was declared by the State Council Educational Research and Training (SCERT) on their website ssa.org. punjab on Thursday.These students will get Rs 200 as stipend per month from Class 9 to 12.
Ektapreet Kaur, a student of Shaheed-E-Azam Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, scored 144 marks which is the highest in the district.
Sindhu Kumari of Government High School, Pondari, scored 136 marks, while Gurbachan Singh of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Miller
Ganj, secured 135 marks in the test.
District topper Ektapreet Kaur, said, “I worked hard and my teachers also guided me which led me to score well in the exam. I have opted for non-medical stream in Class 11 and have taken admission in Government Model Senior Secondary Smart School, Punjab Agricultural University.”Swaranjit Kaur, district education officer, secondary, Ludhiana, congratulated the students for clearing the exam.
Three students of Shaheed-EAzam Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, and two students each of Government Senior Secondary School, Uksi; Government Senior Secondary Smart School, PAU; Government Senior Secondary School, Kundanpuri; and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road, cleared the exam.