Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 8: Over 500 children received scholarship during the eight day carnival, concluded by the Harbans Bhalla Educational Trust.
Around 85 percent of the children were girls from rural and border areas. Malvika Kalra was the guest of honour on the occasion. She talked to the children and parents about the importance of good balanced nutrition for proper development.
Sandeep and Anjana Sharma presided over the function and distributed blankets among the children. They told the students about the benefits of education and advised them to make full use of scholarship and support of the Trust.
Besides scholarship distribution, the students of classes 1st to 10th participated in assessment tests. Psychology majors from Jammu University provided counseling support on all eight days.
Dr S P Sharma conducted free eye tests while medicines and spectacles were also given where needed.
HBET has the mission to change lives of needy children through literacy support programmes. They have been providing scholarships and conducting various other child welfare schemes for the past 20 years.
The children and parents came from villages Rattian, Rehain, Ranjari, Satrayan and Saruinsar etc. Selection tests for new students were also conducted of classes 1st to 3rd. Parents of needy and meritorious students of Government schools can apply to the Trust for scholarship. Selection is done as per the rules of the Trust.
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