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Monday, June 30, 2008

A dream come true for rural students

KARIMNAGAR, June 29: It was really a dream come true for the students of interior rural areas of the district. The students, who never dreamt of at least pursuing higher education in Karimnagar district, have joined corporate colleges in Hyderabad.
Thanks to the initiatives taken by the State government, as many as 400 students including 200 from interior villages falling under the Remote and Interior Areas Ddevelopment (RIAD) scheme and 120 students from the social welfare hostels and 80 students from tribal welfare hostels were admitted into the Narayana Junior Clleges in Hyderabad.
The students who secured more than 400 marks in SSC examination were admitted to corporate colleges with financial assistance from the State government. The students will get free education, hostel accommodation and food at the corporate colleges.
Divya, a resident of interior Almaspur village of Yellareddypet mandal said that, “it is indeed a dream come true. I never expected to study in corporate college because of my poverty. But, thanks to the government, I could secure admission in the corporate college and I would definitely fulfil my dream of securing an engineer seat, she said with tears in her eyes.
On Sunday, all the selected students had arrived at the Karimnagar Collectorate and the district administration had made arrangements for the shifting of the students to the Narayana Junior College in Hyderabad.
The students had arrived along with their respective baggage to join the corporate college.
At a programme, Collector Sandeep Kumar Sultania said that it was a historical event in the career of the rural students as they could join the corporate colleges free of cost following the government assistance. DRDA project director Ravinder, DD (social welfare) Mahalaxmi, APO (Tribal welfare) Amar Singh, district social welfare officer Madhusudhan and others were also present.
(Source : The Hindu)

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