Peshawar, The KPK government is going to launch the laptop scheme for the brilliant and talented students of the province in recognition of their abilities and talents which they showed during the academic year. This has been decided in a meeting which was held in the Chief Minister Secretariat and this meeting was presided over by the Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti.

According to the sources, giving influence from the Punjab government for award of laptops to the talented and brilliant students, KPK government decided to launch a ‘Naway Sahar Scheme’ under which about 25,000 talented and intelligent and position holder students of the province will be awarded with laptops during last week of December. The KPK government has reserved about 1 billion rupees for the subject scheme.

The scheme was started with its first session for award of laptops to the students for BS 4 years program and medical and engineering students of the province. The quota of 2% has been fixed for the disabled students of medical and engineering disciplines. The government official has also made it clear that a laptop has the price of Rs.40,000 for which 1 billion rupees has been reserved and if the cost of the laptop in decreased then it is hoped that more laptops will be bought for more students. The students who are getting education in master programs will not be allowed for this scheme.