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.
(iii) Attributes/traits, which are claimed to be possessed by the child, extraordinary or exceptional, should be reported in the Press, or have been tested by experts in the field. It should also be possible to subject the claim to an objective test.
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.
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.
(iii) Attributes/traits, which are claimed to be possessed by the child, extraordinary or exceptional, should be reported in the Press, or have been tested by experts in the field. It should also be possible to subject the claim to an objective test.
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.
Source : PIB, August 17, 2012
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