PUNE: The education department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal
Corporation (PCMC) will provide training to primary and secondary school
students, who want to appear for competitive exams like the National
Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and the State Talent Search
Examination (STSE). The project will cost the civic body Rs 15 lakh.

Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said, “After schooling,
students need to appear for competitive examinations for admissions to
professional courses. Municipal school students find these exams tough.
So we have taken a decision to train them in schools so that they are
better prepared for the competitive world ahead.”

Students of
standard V to VIII will be trained to appear for the state scholarship
examination while students of standard VIII to X will be prepared for
the STSE and NTSE.

The PCMC’s scheme is on the lines of ‘Sankalp
Shisyavrutticha (aim for scholarship), an education project implemented
in Nanded district, said PCMC education officer Vishnu Jadhav, who
recently visited Nanded along with assistant commissioner Uday Tekale to
study the project. One-day workshops were recently held for teachers as
part of the project.The coaching classes will be held before and after school hours.