In Ayodhya, under the joint aegis of Secondary Education Department and Amar Ujala, a meritorious student-up honor ceremony was organized in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Auditorium of Zilla Panchayat. In this, 10-10 toppers of high school and intermediate board examination were honored. At the ceremony, State Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi honored all the toppers by wearing a medal giving a table, a check of Rs 25,000, a certificate. During this, the Agriculture Minister said that revolutionary changes have been brought in the education system in the Yogi government. The first UP board examinations of 2017 were known for cheating. During this period, senior BJP leader Karunakar Pandey, Sunil Tiwari Shastri, Abhay Singh, District School Inspector Dr. Pawan Kumar Tiwari, Principal of Government Inter College, Omkar Nath and Principal of the college, manager, guardians of students and other senior officials of the education department were present.
