No scholarship will be given to students studying in the primary schools from now.

This was said by Primary and Mass Education Secretary Farid Ahmed at a programme on Thursday.

He was addressing  a press conference held at the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education in the capital.

However, the primary students will get encouraging allowance or incentive instead of scholarship.

A committee formed to draft module of giving incentive has been asked to submit report within a month.

The press conference was organised marking International Literacy Day to be held on September 8.