Imphal, Nov 6(Reporter) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh launched the Chief Minister’s Coaching Scheme for Entrance Examination to Professional Courses on Wednesday. Launching the scheme the Chief Minister said the Government has launched various schemes and projects to help students and safeguard the future generation by building infrastructures in the education sector. Singh said an initiative was taken up by the State Government to help the civil service aspirants in the State by providing scholarships for undergoing coaching classes for appearing in civil services examinations. He added that students who had undergone coaching classes would find it easy to crack other competitive exams. Regarding the scheme launched on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said the coaching classes will be conducted in online mode, which would be a two-way interactive manner. He said the Department of Education (S), Government of Manipur will sponsor the full course fee for the selected students under the scheme. Advising the selected students to study hard, to crack the entrance examination, he announced that the Government would bear all the expenses for those students who have cracked the JEE or NEET in their further studies, he added. The Chief Minister said 120 schools have been covered under the School Fagathansi Mission till now and another 120 schools would be covered, making the total number of schools covered 240. Also, under College Fagathansi Mission, the State Government has taken up initiative to ensure the availability of all the basic requirements for imparting quality higher education in the Government Colleges of Manipur. Teachers have been provided training to transform the education system in the State under the STAR Education programme, he added. A book on general knowledge of Manipur named “Know Manipur” will be published very soon to help equip the young minds with the general knowledge of Manipur, he added. The Chief Minister directed the Director of Education (S) to organise a tree plantation programme for the selected students of coaching classes under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign. The Chief Minister said the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme- Pilot Project offers internship opportunities to 1.25 lakh young people across the Nation. He informed that 76 internship slots are available for Manipur and asked youth from the State to avail the opportunity. He said the internship duration would be 12 months out of which 6 months would be hands-on experience. Financial support of Rs 5000 as a monthly allowance (Rs 4500 from the Ministry and Rs 500 from CSR) will be given, he added. On the occasion, two MoUs were signed between the Manipur government and the two partnering coaching institutes for the said scheme...////...