GANGTOK, 26 Nov: The Sikkim United Students Association [SUSA] held a meeting here today during which various issues concerning students were discussed. The meeting was chaired by SUSA president, Meghraj Chettri, it is informed.
During the meet, the drive started by the State government of distributing free laptops to students from Class XI to college level was welcomed as a good initiative. But the students of South Sikkim are yet to gain from this initiative, states a press release issued by the SUSA president. There are still a lot of schools in East, West and South Sikkim who are yet to receive the laptops, he adds.
The students informed SUSA that the term of the 3rd year students of the colleges will be ending on 12 December this year and it would not be fair if they did not get laptops by that time, the release adds.
SUSA has requested the government to provide laptops to remaining students as soon as possible.
During the meet, the drive started by the State government of distributing free laptops to students from Class XI to college level was welcomed as a good initiative. But the students of South Sikkim are yet to gain from this initiative, states a press release issued by the SUSA president. There are still a lot of schools in East, West and South Sikkim who are yet to receive the laptops, he adds.
The students informed SUSA that the term of the 3rd year students of the colleges will be ending on 12 December this year and it would not be fair if they did not get laptops by that time, the release adds.
SUSA has requested the government to provide laptops to remaining students as soon as possible.
