Shillong, Sept 29: More than 1600 aspirants from across Meghalaya took part in the Mega IAS Scholarship Examination conducted by ALS in all district headquarters of the state on Saturday.
The Scholarship Examination was conducted to select top 100 IAS talents of Meghalaya who will be fully sponsored for their IAS training at ALS Shillong and Tura centre under the Chief Minister Career Guidance and Counselling Scheme.
This path breaking initiative taken by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will give opportunity to needy deserving and talented IAS aspirants of Meghalaya who are unable to afford quality education.
The exam was supervised by respective Deputy Commissioner of each district along with Nodal officers who were nominated by their respective DC.
Results of the examination will be declared on October 6 and training for the selected candidates will start from October 15 in Shillong and Tura.
ALS thanked all the Deputy Commissioners and their respective Nodal officers who have worked day and night to get this Scholarship Examination executed and made it a grand success. ALS hoped to produce many more results in UPSC from Meghalaya in the coming years with this initiative taken by the State Government under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma.
