The Chief Minister congratulated all the awardees for their outstanding achievements and lauded the dedication of teachers and parents in their endeavour to nurturing the students. He said that the award scheme, launched in 2018, has been encouraging healthy competition among government school students while supporting meritorious students to pursue higher education. During the programme, he presented awards to the meritorious students under the "Incentive to Government School Students Who Excel in Higher Secondary Examination" scheme. Higher Secondary School secured the highest number of awards with 17 awardees, including 11 state position holders, followed by C.C. Higher Secondary School with eight awards and Kakching Higher Secondary School with five awards.