National Child Award For Exceptional Achievement
National Child Award For Exceptional Achievement
National Child Award For Exceptional Achievement
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Awards to Children
The Government has instituted “National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement” to give
recognition to children with exceptional abilities and who have achieved outstanding status in
various fields including academics, arts, culture, and sports etc. Children between the age of four
to fifteen years who have shown exceptional achievement in various fields are considered for this
award. One Gold medal (at National level) and 35 Silver medals (one for each State/UT) are given
annually. The selection of awardees is done by a National Selection Committee headed by the
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The Government has formulated following criteria for selecting such children:
(i) The child to be selected for the Award should have unusual talent and exceptional
achievement in any field including academics, arts, culture and sports etc.
(ii) Age certificate (Date of birth) duly attested by a Gazetted Government officer.
A cash prize of Rs. 20,000, citation, certificate and a Gold Medal is given to the awardee of Gold
Medal at the National Level. For Silver medal awardees, cash prize of Rs. 10,000, citation,
certificate and a silver medal is given to each awardee.
This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development in a written
reply to the Lok Sabha today.
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