<span style="color: #222222;">In Assam, the state government has decided to give financial assistance of 20 thousand rupees each to around 17 thousand meritorious students.<br />'' <br />'' Talking to newspersons in Guwahati today, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that nearly 17 thousand students who secured 75 per cent in this year's High School Leaving Certificate examination would get the money.<br />''<br />''Previously, the State Government gave those students a computer but this year due to COVID pandemic, 20 thousand rupees to be deposited in their bank accounts. Mr. Sarma said that informal classes of Higher Secondary final year and degree final year will start from 15th of next month.</span>