At the certificate distribution programme held for Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana, students from different districts said that they are now not concerned over cost of education. “Our parents will not have to face hardship in arranging required money for our education”, they said.
Pawan Mandloi of Khargone district has got admission in Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science, Indore, through NEET. His father died when he was in class tenth. He told that he did not even dream that he would become a doctor in this condition. The Government has extended a great help by taking responsibility of paying fee in case of students of middle class and weaker section. It will be remembered for lifetime.
Shubhangi Bagre of Bhopal district said that her father Shri Radheshyam Bagare runs a small shop. The Chief Minister has ended up the concern of my father by introducing the scheme. Now we are not worried for the future. We will be able to build future by getting better education. Now our economic condition won't be an obstacle. Bagre has been enrolled in School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal. Its annual fee is Rs 1.5 lakh. The Government will pay fee for entire course of five years.
An emotional Anugya Mukati of Indore district said that what Mama (Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan) is incomparable. There is no disparity in his doing and words. Mukati has got admission in NlIU, Bhopal, through ClAT. Her father is a journalist.
Deepak Kumar of Rajgarh district said that poverty won't be obstacle in education.
He told that the Chief Minister understood the pain of poor and gave the gift that we won't be deprived of higher education, by introducing the scheme.
Similar views were expressed by Shreyans Thakur of Seoni who got admission in IIT, Indore, Shantanu Sharma of Gwalior, Keshav Rathore of Jabalpur and Jubin Nagpal of Indore.