Success stories

Niranjana School Principal, Mr. D.K. Pathak reports:

1. Seventeen-year-old Nutan Kumari, from a very poor illiterate family belonging to the small remote village of Bashadhi in rural Bihar, topped the board level examinations with first-level ranking in the Gaya district. She received several awards and her success was reported in newspaper reports and articles. She is now teaching small children in her home village and plans to go to University to become a social worker.
   
   
2. Senior student Nansy Kumari participated in the Bihar State level Indian Cultural Knowledge competition. She achieved the top marks in Bodh Gaya block; first among more than five thousand participating students. She is the daughter of a poor farmer in the village of Bakrour. The free education offered by Niranjana Public Welfare Trust School provides girls from impoverished families like Nansy's the opportunity to schooling they would otherwise be unable to afford or access.
   
   
3. Pammy Kumari, from the small impoverished village of Nima, got second rank in the block level examinations. She has excellent computer skills and since graduating from Niranjana School has decided to study to be a doctor. She is presently teaching junior classes as a volunteer at Niranjana School.
   
   
4. Puja Kumari, is a 10-year-old orphan girl who is cared for by the Niranjana School Orphanage. She is very creative, excelling in drawing, dancing and music. She won first prize in the Bodh Gaya block level drawing competition. On August 15 she also won first prize for dance performance in the Niranjana school concert.
   
   
5. Anjana Mishra is 13 years old and has achieved top prizes every year in drawing, music and singing. Anjana will sit her main board examination at State level this year, and her teachers are confident that she will do very well.

This year 16 Niranjana senior students sat board level examinations and nine students achieved first division. The other seven all achieved very good marks. All these students are now engaged in volunteer social work, teaching little children who live in abject poverty.

Education, particularly for girls, is the key to reducing poverty. It allows girls a sense of empowerment and the confidence to make decisions that can greatly affect their lives. An educated girl tends to marry later, space her pregnancies, and seek medical care for herself and her children. She provides better childcare and will ensure her children will attend school.

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