Tale of overcoming deprivation to make it to Medical Colleges

Tale of overcoming deprivation to make it to Medical Colleges

150 poor students endured hardships, overcame abject poverty to make them their strengths

Dr Praveen Kumar congratulates students on their stunning performance in NEET Exam

Hyderabad (Telangana), June 07 (HS): Telangana social welfare residential educational institutions society (TSWREIS) and Telangana tribal welfare residential educational institutions society (TTWREIS) Secretary, Dr RS Praveen Kumar has congratulated the students on their stunning performance in NEET 2019 Exam.

He said that it’s a golden lettered moment in the history of both social and tribal welfare residential educational societies. The entire credit goes to teachers for their commitment in transforming the lives of students from the most deprived sections of the society.

Dr Kumar thanked the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Minister for Welfare Koppula Eshwar for their unwavering support to the cause of educational empowerment of poor children under the KG-PG Mission.

It’s a tale of 150 poor students from social and tribal welfare residential educational institutions who endured hardships and their hardships became their strengths. Today, they stand tall having overcome abject poverty and deprivation to make it to medical colleges across the country.

They are first generation learners from impoverished families of daily wage labourers, roadside tea sellers, landless farmers, vegetable vendors, fruit sellers, construction workers and masons hailing from SC/ST communities.   The success stories of these 150 social and tribal welfare students in NEET 2019 stand as a testament to the fact the gap between rich and poor is opportunity.

Of the 150 students who are likely to get into MBBS and BDS courses this year, 100 are from social welfare and 50 from tribal welfare residential institutions. Social and Tribal welfare residential educational institutions societies launched ‘Operation Blue Crystal and Operation Emerald programmes’ respectively, to provide coaching to brilliant SC and ST students free of cost under the KG-PG Mission. These two programmes have been yielding outstanding results over the last three years.

Another successful student Ramavath Sneha Latha from tribal welfare IIT Study Centre, Rajendra Nagar, who secured all India 802 rank in ST category said “I would have dropped out from college and would have ended up as a victim of early child marriage, if not for the vision of the Chief Minister to put the poor SC and ST students into the orbit of higher education. My aim is to become a Cardiologist and serve poor people in rural areas”