Singapore scholarship for two girls
The Singapore-based Global Indian Foundation (GIF) that runs the R. S. Krishnan Higher Secondary School at Kailasapuram in BHEL township has awarded scholarship to two standard X toppers to pursue higher secondary course at Global Indian International School, Singapore.
The selected students M. S. Pon Abinaya and M. R. Pon Malar with respective scores of 482 and 441 out of 500 marks can choose to study either in CBSE or International Baccalaureate Curriculum.
The scholarship for each student consists of one time settling allowance of 500 Singapore Dollars, hostel accommodation, scholarship allowance of 2,400 Singapore Dollars per annum, 100 per cent subsidy for school and examination fee, and economy class air passage to and from Singapore at the start and at the end of the scholarship term. M. Sornamani, Additional officer, Accounts, BHEL, father of Pon Abinaya, and M. Ravindran, Deputy Manager, Quality Control, BHEL, father of Pon Malar, thanked the Principal, P. Varadarajan for grooming the students befitting the Foundation's gesture.