Assam: Ceremonial distribution of bicycles to Class IX students across State

TINSUKIA: A total of 12,770 students studying in Class IX received bicycles under the Chief Minister’s Special Scheme in a programme held at Janmukh Play Ground Borguri in the outskirts of Tinsukia on Friday.

Lakhimpur Lok Sabha MP Pradan Baruah, who was present as the chief guest at the event, distributed bicycles among the students of 127 government and provincialized secondary schools, government model schools and tea plantation model schools of Tinsukia district.

Appreciating Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s efforts to bring radical changes in the education system, MP Baruah advised the students to always listen to their teachers and parents and urged the teachers to make efforts for the comprehensive development of the students of the school. District Commissioner Swapneel Paul in his welcome address said that the Chief Minister’s Special Scheme initiated by the Education Department of the Government of Assam with the main objective of providing these bicycles to the students is to encourage the students enrolled in government and provincialized secondary schools and also to facilitate students in remote and inaccessible areas to arrive at school on time, besides ensuring regular attendance at school and to reduce dropout.

The MP ceremoniously distributed two bicycles to each student from Tinsukia, Chabua, Doomdooma and Sadiya LACs and one each to Margherita and Digboi LACs while the Education Department will distribute to the rest of the students in a phase-wise manner. The distribution ceremony was attended by Sadiya MLA Bolin Chetia, Doomdooma MLA Rupesh Guwala, Digboi MLA Suren Phukan, municipality chairmen of Doomdooma, Tinsukia and Makum, TDA Chairman Kajal Gohain besides senior officials of the district administration, education department officials, teachers and thousands of students.

MANGALDAI: “Education is the backbone of a nation. Education is not only to earn a mere degree but to acquire knowledge based on human values and ethics. Students must know the use and misuse of mobile phones before possessing them and it is the duty of the parents and guardians to always remain vigilant over the use of mobile phones by their wards since at this crucial young age, there is every possibility of a student to get deviated from his actual path due to lack of knowledge to judge between good or bad,” said Mangaldai Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia while addressing a mammoth gathering of about 15,000 enthusiastic students at Mangaldai College playground on Friday. He also appealed to the students to study the life and works of former President of India APJ Kalam and Swami Vivekananda so that they can develop themselves as human resource and contribute towards building a stronger Assam and a stronger India in the future.

The function was organized by the Darrang district administration for the ceremonial distribution of bicycles to 6,419 class IX students of the district. Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass, while taking part in the function as the chief guest, marked the ceremonial beginning of the distribution of bicycles. In his speech, minister Dass underlined the logic behind the distribution of bicycles free of cost not only for girls but also for boys as the recent amalgamation of many schools has increased the distances between schools.

Both the legislators- Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi of Sipajhar and Basanta Das of Mangaldai -also addressed the function in the presence of former legislator Guru Jyoti Das, vice chairperson of State Women Commission, Nilima Devi and other guests.

Earlier, District Commissioner of Darrang, Munindra Nath Ngatey in his welcome speech underscored the scheme as a visionary initiative of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led State Government for the student community of the region.

NAGAON: Along with the rest of the State, State Finance Minister Ajanta Neog on Friday distributed bicycles among the class IX students of the district under the Chief Minister’s Special Scheme at a function held here.

The minister ceremonially distributed bicycles among 12 students today leaving the rest to the district administration for distribution. Over 20,174 students from the district have been selected for getting bicycles under the scheme.

Local MLA Rupak Sarma, Barhampur MLA Jitu Goswami, Raha MLA Sashi Kanta Das, District Commissioner Narendra Kr Shah and other dignitaries from the district administration as well as others attended the programme.

While addressing the occasion, the minister asserted that education is the backbone of a nation and all should play a pivotal role to strengthen it in all aspects. Referring to the glorious history of the district in the field of education, the minister expected that the current student community of Nagaon would leave no stone unturned to sustain its glory in the days to come.

BISWANATH CHARIALI: The free bicycle distribution among Class IX students under the Chief Minister’s special scheme for the financial year 2023-24 was formally inaugurated in Biswanath district on Friday. The cycle distribution process was launched by State Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal by providing free bicycles to 15 students at a public meeting held at the Circuit House playground here. In his address, minister Singhal said that the government had taken various steps to bring about a paradigm shift in the education sector. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has adopted a new ambitious scheme with a view to encourage students in the field of education as well as to facilitate the transportation of students from rural areas, towns and remote areas, he added.

He further said that the State Government has launched this new ambitious scheme to provide free bicycles to the students of Class IX of provincialized secondary schools, including tea garden model schools. He called upon the teaching community to dedicate themselves in creating the future human resources of the country. Singhal also urged the students to devote themselves to become good citizens of the country in the future.

According to information, a total of 9,800 students from 97 schools under three education blocks of Biswanath district viz. Biswanath, Behali and Gohpur will get free bicycles. Among them, 5,400 are girl students and 4,400 are boy students.

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