Some stories sound too fantastic and heroic to be true - like Shubhangi Patil's story of having ferried her ailing mother 300 km on a scooty, during the lockdown only to travel all the way back for her board examination. However, this one is as real as it gets.
Despite having driven 300 km to and fro, Shubhangi secured 87 percent in her exams and became eligible to get Rs 25,000 as per the chief minister's laptop scheme. Unfortunately, her mother, who was an angandwadi worker isn't alive to witness her achievement.
Shubhangi lost her father - a farmer - in 2009, and ever since, it was her mother who took care of all her needs. However, her mother's health started worsening during the lockdown, and Patil and her elder sister had no financial support. They had no choice but to take their mother to her their maternal home.?
She told Times of India, ¡°We only had Rs 500 left with us so I decided to take her to my nani¡¯s place as I knew my mama could pay for the hospital charges. I tucked her behind me with a blanket and drove my scooty 300 kms to Chopda in Maharashtra. I had to go back home for my exam and my mother passed away in June."
Now, she plans to invest the amount she has procured for her college fee. This year, 1,964 students of Indore division were selected under this scheme and out of that, 806 are from Indore district.?
Based on guidelines of the scheme, Class 12 state board students who score more than 85 percent are eligible to win the amount of Rs 25,000 for laptops.?Some of the candidates are getting re-totaling and revaluation done, and once they have their rectified scores, they will be eligible to apply for the scheme.
Joint director of Indore division¡¯s school education department, Manish Verma told TOI, ¡°Out of the total selected candidates nearly 10% students are from extremely humble backgrounds."