Shillong, Dec 2: The Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad K Sangma launched the Sports Scholarship Scheme and also felicitated the medal winners and coaches of the 2nd North East Olympics Games 2022 at U Soso Tham Auditorium here on Friday.
We hope that this financial assistance will go a long way in encouraging athletes to excel in their fields and future sportspersons to take up sports.
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) December 2, 2022
Happy that various competitions held in the State like the Meghalaya Games and the recent @neolygames is giving our athletes the platform to compete with each other & with athletes from other States. These competitions will spark their competitiveness & encourage them further. pic.twitter.com/lDX17sXFu7
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) December 2, 2022
188 athletes and 54 officials were felicitated by the Chief Minister at the programme.
“The scholarship program started today is basically a monthly scholarship amount to be sent to the personal account of the athletes. The idea is whoever gets a medal at the regional competition or at a national competition, the government will not only give them a one time amount but a monthly amount as a scholarship to support themselves and be able to invest in their different needs. It is an incentive for sports persons to do better,” said the CM.
“The incentive will start from this games itself, so all the medal winners who are being felicitated today (will get the scholarship). This may be a small amount but this will at least give an incentive for them to continue the things that they like to do and look how to be better in the days to come,” he added.
It may be mentioned that Meghalaya ranked 4th at the 2nd North East Olympics Games 2022. The State bagged 149 medals, just 3 medals behind the state of Arunachal which was placed at 3rd spot. Meghalaya won 36 golds, 35 silvers and 78 bronze medals.
