Stakeholders are upset over the ‘meagre’ ₹1,000 per annum scholarship given to beneficiaries of the Tamil Nadu Rural Students Talent Search Examination (TRUST). The scholarship is given to rural students with parents earning less than ₹1 lakh per year.
While the TRUST exam covers syllabus taught in Class 8, it is administered to students in Classes 9 to 12 in all government-recognised schools in rural areas. The subjects include mathematics, social studies, mental ability, and science. And it emphasises application-based questions, particularly in the mental ability section, to assess students’ reasoning and comprehension skills.
Following the announcement of the December 2023 TRUST exam results on February 16, concerns have surfaced regarding a decrease in the number of students scoring above 50 marks out of 100 compared with the previous year.
