In order to provide financial assistance to students who come from under-privileged backgrounds, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had initiated a scheme wherein students studying in civic-run schools who secure 85 per cent and above in their SSC and HSC exams will be rewarded with Rs 51,000 each. The financial support would help them pursue further studies.

Although the scheme is laudable, the inordinate delay brings to fore the sluggish pace with which the administration carries out its work. While initiating the scheme, which was started last year, the civic body had announced that the students would be rewarded after the results are declared.