20-Year-Old Engineering Student In Odisha Turns Daily Wage Worker To Fund Her College Fees
Rosy Behera has been working on a road project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) near her home in Odisha's Puri, so that she can pay her college dues of Rs 24,500 to obtain her diploma certificate.
Twenty-year-old engineering student, Rosy Behera, has been working as a daily wager for the last three weeks to pay her college fees.
She has been working on a road project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) near her home in Odisha's Puri, so that she can pay her college dues of Rs 24,500 to obtain her diploma certificate.
ANI
"After completing my diploma in Civil Engineering in 2019, I am not able to arrange funds for my Bachelor's degree. I also have to pay an outstanding amount of Rs 24,500 to the diploma school," Rosy Behera told news agency ANI.
A resident of Goradipidha village under Chainpur Panchayat in Puri district of Odisha, she has been carrying mounds of earth on her head as a daily wager instead of putting her civil engineering skills to work.
Today ?30,000 has been given to Ms Rosy Behera as an interim measure to clear her backlog dues out of Chief Ministers Relief fund. We are also ensuring that she takes up her higher education without any hurdles in the future.
¡ª PuriOfficial (@Puri_Official) January 25, 2021
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She couldn't afford the hostel, college bus fee
After acquiring her diploma, Rosy Behera said she had enquired with a private engineering college if she could pursue a B.Tech program on a government scholarship. She said that since she belongs to a Scheduled Caste (Harijan), her tuition fees would be borne by the government, but she could not afford the hostel and college bus fee.
Odisha: An engineering student in Puri works as a daily wager to pay her college fees.
¡ª ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2021
"Rosy couldn't pay her college fees because of financial situation. She hasn't received diploma certificate. We'll look into the matter," says Welfare Extension Officer, Delang block (27.01) pic.twitter.com/lSggLVnTIy
"I was denied my diploma certificate by the college authority, despite my repeated request to college authorities and local MLA. I could not find other options to clear my hostel dues and bus fees. As I am a Harijan girl, the government was paying my entire college fees', she said.
"But hostel and bus fees were not included in it. Even our house is constructed on government land. As I passed matric with a good number, I got a scholarship from the government and joined Barunei Institute of engineering and technology (BIET) Khordha," she said.
