Guwahati, Jan 4 (TIWN) The Assam government will distribute around 22,250 scooties (two-wheelers) to girl students free-of-cost to promote girls' education in the state, Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

The minister after distributing the scooties at a function at Mushalpur in Baksa district, said that free scooties would be given to meritorious girl students who had passed higher secondary (HS) final exams in the first division under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council in 2020.