JHANG: About 50 students of the district who have passed O` level exams in higher grades heldaprotestonSaturday against the higher education department officials for ignoring them in Prime Minister`s Laptop Scheme.

They said that to calculate the percentage of O`level grades as matric marks the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), after getting fee and adopting the matricresult formula, issued an equivalence certificate to O level students which was considered valid for all scholarships, admissions and other awards introducedby the government for Matric passed students.

They alleged many students who had passed O level and obtained above 78pc marks like Matric students and their percentage had also been authenticated by the IBCC were deprived of PM`s laptop scheme which was clearly against the spirit of the policy.