This dream is not fulfilled without the support of NMDC
Dantewada/New Pradesh. NMDC Choo Lo Aasman: Ramshila Nag of Pondam village in Dantewada district has secured first place at the district level and ninth in the entire state in the Chhattisgarh State Matriculation Examination. Now his goal is to pass the engineering entrance exam and take admission in Indian Institute of Technology, especially IIT Madras. Expressing happiness over the exam results, Ramshila Nag says- This is the happiest day of my life. Now I want to prepare for IIT by taking mathematics subject in class 11th.
This dream is not fulfilled without the support of NMDC. Ramshila Nag has performed brilliantly with 97.83 percent by scoring 587 marks out of 600 in class 10 board examination conducted by Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education. This year’s overall pass percentage was 76.53 percent, in which the girls have won the boys. The results show that the pass percentage of girls was 80.70 percent while the boys were 71.39 percent.
CSR initiative of NMDC is the sky.
Ramshila is a student of ‘Chu Lo Akash’, who is a free residential coaching program conducted under the CSR initiative of NMDC. The scheme provides regular education to a student from class 9 to 12 and prepare for competitive examinations like NEET and JEE Mains to economically backward class students. This initiative has proved to be a lifeline for many students of Bastar region like Ramshila. Ramshila admits- such coaching is often out of reach for families like us.
Ramshila Nag comes from a very ordinary family. Her father is a farmer and mother is handling home work (housewife). Among the four sisters, the youngest Ramshila studies near Gidam and stays in the sky residential school. His happiness was expressed in these words after topping the district in the Matric examination-I dedicate this success to my teachers, wards, classmates and above to my family and NMDC. Now I am confident that other girls of my village will also dare to dream.
Touch Ramshila’s life changed from sky scheme
There was a big change in Ramshila Nag’s life when he enrolled in NMDC’s touching sky scheme. This school has been launched under the CSR initiative of public sector undertaking NMDC, which aims to provide quality education to the students of remote tribal areas. Ramshila met in the same residential school where she lives and studies. Ramshila says- When I was selected for ‘NMDC Choo Lo Aasman’ in 9th grade, then I felt that now things would change. We get everything here- books, coaching, even uniforms. My teachers believed me from day one.
Till now 1000 students have been benefited –
In collaboration with the district administration, 160 students are selected every year in the touching sky scheme, which includes 80 girls and 80 boys. All of them are provided residential facilities, uniforms, educational assistance and mentorship. More than 1000 students have been benefited from this program so far. NMDC bears the cost of about three and a half crore rupees per year on the scheme. Vani Sahu, another promising student of Dantewada district, also credits her success to this plan, which proves that NMDC is really changing the picture of Chhattisgarh.
100 percent of the strong rate in board examination-
It goes on to say that in addition to this, the students of ‘Toutha Lo Akash’ initiative have recorded a great achievement by bringing 100 percent results in the tenth and 12th board examinations. It is a matter of pride that students who have achieved all the high rankings of the district are also from this school. For example, Aastha Verma and Niharika Poya have finished third with 95.67 percent, while Tanu Sahu has got the sixth poses in the district by bringing 95.67 percent and Reshma Baghel 95.67 percent. Similarly, Saraswati Nag has secured eighth, Tamanna Manvi has secured ninth rank. Not only this, 8 students of the Faculty of Social Sciences in the tenth board have underlined the academic superiority of this program by scoring hundred marks in a hundred.
New dawn ray for students-
NMDC General Manager (CSR) P. Shyam proudly says- Ramshila’s story is not just an educational success, but there is evidence that when opportunities and resolutions are found, what can be possible. He further explains- Other educational initiatives of NMDC- such as Girls Education Scheme, Aastha Gurukul, Saksham etc. have become a ray of hope and hope for the students of Chhattisgarh. These programs have gathered the lives of many families and will continue to improve even further.
