Daily wager’s daughter cracks NEET, 3 other students benefit from scheme
It was a dream come true for a daily wager when his daughter cracked National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and got admission in the prestigious Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in the national Capital. Shashi, the daughter of Akhilesh Kumar Gaur and student of a Delhi Government school, has cleared NEET examination with the help of “Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojna”, a flagship scheme of the AAP Government.
Besides Shashi, there are three other beneficiaries of the scheme. Vijay Kumar, who cleared Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) mains and got admission in IIT Delhi. Vijay is a Dalit. His father is a tailor and mother a domestic help. Amarjeet and Himanshu cracked JEE and got admission in National Institution if Technology (NIT) Delhi and Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT).
“I am very thankful to Delhi Government and the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for such a wonderful scheme. This Government has given a chance to poor people like us to achieve success and showcase our talent. When I got to know about the scheme, I immediately went to the training centre with my father. It was my dream to become a doctor,” said a beaming Shashi, adding that now she can support her family and two siblings after completing studies.
The Minister of SC/ST department and brain behind the scheme, Rajendra Pal Gautam, applauded Shashi’s feet and met her in his office on Wednesday.
Congratulating Shashi, Gautam said, “Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojna is ensuring that poverty will no longer be a handicap for poor students. Chief Minister is fulfilling the dream of Baba Saheb Ambedkar by ensuring medical education for a labourer’s daughter.”
Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “If every students coming from poor family will be given a chance to study and fly, the poverty will be vanished from the country within a generation. I am very happy that students a number of students coming from below poverty line are getting a chance to study engineering and medical.”
Shashi had passed the Class XII Board examination from the Rajkiya Sarvodya Kanya Vidyalaya, GTB Nagar in North east Delhi.
She had earlier appeared in the 2017 NEET exam, but was not successful.
Sharing her journey, Shashi said,’ I did not able to clear the exam earlier as I was unable to afford for private coaching was not possible for her to avail private coaching but now my dream of becoming Oncologist come true thanks to Delhi Government and Rajendra Gautam sir”.
This year a total of 107 students took coaching from the Sachdeva New PT College under this scheme. Stipend of Rs 10,000 rupees helped her to get the books. Vijay, Amarjeet and Himanshu the three successful candidates too benefitted by the AAP government’s scholarship and were provided study materials too. “The success story of these four students should inspire other students of the lower strata to avail the assistance and facilities provided by Arvind Kejriwal government and aim bigger”, said a Delhi government official working with the SC/St department.