Today, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the stipend and tuition fee distribution for insolvent and meritorious students ranging from secondary to graduate levels, under the Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust (PMEAT). The ceremony was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
The prime minister announced that the funds would be directly transferred to the beneficiaries through a digital system. “I am very happy to disburse the money of stipends and tuition fees among the meritorious students through a digital platform,” she said.
Over Tk 2,208 crore will be distributed to more than 6.47 million students at the secondary, higher secondary, graduate, and equivalent levels.
In addition to the stipends, the prime minister awarded the Bangabandhu Creative Talent Search Award-2024 to 15 students and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Scholar Award-2023 to 21 students. Each recipient of the Bangabandhu Creative Talent Search Award received a certificate and Tk 2 lakh, while each Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Scholar Award recipient received a certificate and Tk 3 lakh.
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, PM’s Education and Cultural Affairs Adviser Dr. Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, State Minister for Education Begum Shamsun Naher, and Education Secretary Suleman Khan also spoke at the event.
Three students, Nusrat Jahan Maliha from Hazaribagh Girls’ School and College, Atifa Rahman from Amena-Baki Residential Model School and College in Dinajpur, and Pinak Mugdha Das from Government Majid Memorial City College in Khulna, shared their experiences on behalf of the Bangabandhu Creative Talent Search Award-2024 recipients. Additionally, Dhaka University students Zarin Tasneem Raisa and Al Foysal Bin Kashem Kanon spoke on behalf of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Scholar Award-2023 recipients.
This initiative underscores the government’s commitment to supporting the education of underprivileged and high-achieving students across the country.
