BHOPAL: A day after chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared that CBSE students will be eligible for Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana at 80% instead of the earlier 85% and above, the parents are still not satisfied.MP Board students are eligible for the scholarship if they secure 70% in their final examination. The parents say that the “discrimination” between the students of MP Board and CBSE is unfair, adding that students of both boards should be able to avail the benefits of the scholarship at the same percentage. “Students are innocent and do not discriminate. But, because of such policies students have a feeling of inferiority and superiority,” said secretary of MP Parents Association, Prabodh Pandya. Badri Prasad Mandrai, whose granddaughter studies in Class 12 in a CBSE school, shares the same view. He said, “Children are equal and we should give them a level playing field. If MP board students can avail the scholarship at 70%, the same should be applied to CBSE students.”Sanjeev Dubey, whose daughter studies in Class 12 in CBSE school of the city, said, “This discrimination by the government creates rivalry and a feeling of enmity among the students. Though it is good thing that the CM decided to bring the percentage of mark to 80% from 85% for CBSE students, it is still unfair.“A student who scored 79% per cent in CBSE boards will not be eligible to get the scholarship, but an MP board student scoring 70% will make use of it. It hurts the sentiments of the students who work hard but don’t get the benefits because of different boards,” he said.

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