, July 12 -- A total of 79,246 students have been awarded scholarships in the Primary Scholarship Examination, with 32,965 securing Talentpool scholarships and 46,281 receiving General scholarships.

Some 35,892 scholarship recipients are boys, accounting for 45.29 percent, while 43,354 are girls, representing 54.71 percent, said Education Minister Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Sunday at a press briefing at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital.

He said the Primary Scholarship Examination-2025 was held in April this year for fifth-grade students with the aim of identifying and recognising academic excellence and encouraging educational institutions to help build a knowledge-based generation, said the minister.

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