December 2024
• Successfully conducted four one-on-one sessions and three Career Awareness Workshops.
• The Career Awareness Workshops were held online, with active participation from both students and parents who engaged in meaningful Q&A sessions.
January 2025
• Students in the Spoken English class celebrated New Year and crafted thoughtful resolutions for the year ahead.
• A Monologue Competition was organized for our scholars, showcasing their creativity and public speaking skills.
April 2025
• The PREF Internal Test was conducted for the 2024-2025 batch.
• A debate competition was held on the topic: “Is the Internet helping or hindering the learning process?” Scholars presented compelling arguments on both sides.
May 2025
• Completed 40 Spoken English sessions, with noticeable improvements in students’ fluency and confidence in English communication.
• Hosted the final LIVE Career Counselling session, where students, parents, and career counsellors discussed finalized career plans and realistic alternative pathways to achieve their goals.
June 2025
• Applications opened for the PREF Merit Scholarship Examination 2025.
• The scholarship application portal was live on PREF’s official website from 1st June to 8th July, 2025.
July 2025
• Admit cards for the PREF Merit Scholarship Examination were distributed.
• The Computer-Based Test (CBT) was successfully conducted on 27th July in Prayagraj.
• All participating students received e-certificates acknowledging their involvement.
August 2025
• The top 75 scorers in the CBT were invited for interviews held from 11th to 13th August.
• Educational books were distributed to interviewees as a token of appreciation.
September 2025
• The final merit list for PREF Merit Scholarship 2025 was announced, selecting the top 20 students based on combined scores from the CBT, written test, and interview.
• An orientation session for the newly selected scholars (Batch 2025-2027) was held on 14th September.
• Each scholar received a tablet, SIM card for internet access, a PREF bag, stationery kit, and their first scholarship installment to support their participation in PREF’s online programs.
November 2024
- Live career mentoring session is scheduled for 10th November 2024 at the PREF branch office, Prayagraj. PREF scholars (batch 2024) and their parents are invited to join this session at their scheduled time.
October 2024
- We have completed 14 Spoken English sessions with Batch 2024-25.
- The second one-on-one career counselling session was held from 23rd to 25th October 2024.
September 2024
- An orientation program was organized on 1st September 2024 for 20 selected students for the PREF Merit Scholarship 2024.
- The first one-on-one career counselling session was organized online on 26th and 27th September 2024.
- A group career awareness session was held on 30th September 2024.
January 2024:
Spoken English sessions, learning, and activities:
- In a total of 40 spoken English classes, students learned sentence framing, correct grammar use and pronunciation, picture description, monologue, storytelling and writing, and one-on-one spoken practice in their day-to-day conversations.
PREF internal test
- PREF conducted an internal test to assess students’ performance and identify the subjects that would work better.
December 2023:
- Dated December 3, 2023: LIVE Career Awareness Session and Career Counseling in Hotel Ajay International, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
- A PREF-student feedback meeting with the last four batches was conducted to analyze the impact of the PREF program.
November 2023:
- A personality development session on the topic ‘Self-awareness and Empathy was conducted on November 3, 2023.
- One-on-one Career counselling conducted on 8th and 9th November 2023.
October 2023: API Psychometric Assessment Test, dated October 23, 2023.
- The API (Aptitude, Personality, and Intelligence) test was conducted, analyzed, and a report was shared with students.
October 2023: Orientation of PREF Scholars Batch 2023–24 on October 12–13, 2023.
- Students were introduced to the PREF scholarship program. Information was shared regarding scholarship terms, conditions, and PREF policies.
- Tablets were provided to attend online spoken English classes, personality development, career awareness, and career counseling sessions.
October 2023: Book and Certificate Distribution.
- All students who appeared in the interview were awarded a certificate of appreciation and self-help books.
September 2023: List of shortlisted students for the PREF Scholarship 2023.
- 21 top-performing students shortlisted and offered a scholarship program.
- List prepared, aggregating students’ scores in the PREF written test, interview, and SRT.
September 2023: PREF scholarship interview and SRT:
- The merit-holder top 76 students were called for the interview round organized on September 13–15, 2023.
- A situation-based test was taken to check the decision-making and problem-solving skills of the students.
August 2023: PREF Scholarship Entrance Test
- Admit cards were released and distributed a week before the examination, i.e., from August 17 to August 20, 2023.
- A CBT-based online PREF scholarship test was conducted on August 27 and 28, 2023.
- A total of 413 students participated in this test.
July 2023: Application for the PREF scholarship examination
- The online application form for the PREF scholarship test was open from July 16th, 2023, to August 10th, 2023.
- Offline forms were shared with the principles of participating schools and colleges.
August 2023: One-Day Principle-Teacher Training Workshop
- On August 13, 2023, PREF organized a principle teacher workshop on ‘New Education Policy 2020’.
- A total of 45 principals and teachers from 16 different schools in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, attended and benefited from this workshop.
June 2023: PREF Old Student Meet.
- A get-together program was organized on June 12, 2023.
- Around 50 students from our last batch, 2012–2022 were present in this session.
- Fun activities, games, and knowledge sharing were the key highlights of the program.
April’23
- ‘Career Awareness Workshop’ organized through PREF APP for class 12 scholars on CUET process
- Online ‘Personality Development (PD) Workshop’ organized on Emotional Intelligence discussing different emotions – activities on identifying right ways of expressing emotions and discussion on various ways to manage emotions
- ‘One to one career counselling’ sessions were organized through PREF APP for PREF scholars to discuss on preparation for national and state level entrance examinations such as JEE, NEET and also Check progress for Board examination and address obstacles for improvement.
- ‘Spoken English’ classes were organized for PREF scholars to focus on Conversation regarding different situations and guiding students to preparation for interviews.
March’23
- ‘Spoken English’ classes were organized for PREF scholars to focus on essay writing, Idioms and their usage.
February’23
- ‘One to one career counselling’ sessions were organized through PREF APP for PREF scholars to discuss on employability, selection rate in competitive exams such as UPSC and the efforts required to clear the examination. Students were also asked to check the application costs/fees for admission in the colleges.
- ‘Spoken English’ classes were organized for PREF scholars to focus on essay writing, describing likes and dislikes and quiz on difficult words
January’23
- Online ‘Personality Development (PD) Workshop’ organized on ‘Self awareness and empathy” for PREF scholars
- ‘One to one career counselling’ session organized through PREF APP for PREF scholars to discuss on undergraduate courses and admission process.
- ‘Spoken English’ classes were organized for PREF scholars focused on making Sentences, Video description and grammar.
- ‘Second Internal Assessment’ held for PREF scholars at Prayagraj
- ‘Tutorial Class’ held for PREF scholars on PCM, PCB, Humanities and Commerce students for preparation of their UP board Examination

