Shalu
Shalu Kumari enrolled in our Educational Sponsorship Programme while in the 6th grade. Her father works as a lift operator and earns Rs 11000/- while her mother is a homemaker, and her two younger brothers are in school. The family income is Rs 14000/- per month. The family struggled to bear the cost of educating their children and the sponsorship assistance came as a boon to them. Shalu was an above-average science student and the school was hopeful that given the opportunity, she would do something noteworthy and work towards building a career for herself.
During the pandemic, Shalu found it very difficult to cope with online classes. She started taking tuitions from Class XI in Physics, Chemistry and Biology to substitute the online class. Her aim was to become an engineer. Since she was doing well and determined to succeed, her parents supported her by putting all their resources together to enable her to join an online study group to help her prepare for the All India Engineering and Medical entrance examinations.
Her father’s economic condition and the family’s whole-hearted support doubled Shalu’s determination to make it through the National level examinations. We are proud to share that her determination got her through the joint entrance examination with a 99.82 percentile! She has got admission in the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, Karnataka - a premier engineering institution.
DCCW has helped her by giving a one-time financial assistance and her extended family too is helping out from Bihar, as her grandfather is very proud of her becoming an engineer - a first for their entire clan. We wish Shalu continued success and fulfilment.