Guru’s Return gift to meritorious Students

Guru’s Return gift to meritorious Students

Govt School Principal fulfills his promise with 14 meritorious students for air travel

Ferozepur, June 15, 2024: The government school Principal fulfilled his promise – “Get Merit, Will Fulfil Your Wish for Air Travel” with 14 meritorious students of Shaheed Gurudas Ram Memorial Govt Girls Sr Sec Smart School of Zira,  for air travel from his pocket by spending Rs.2.80 lac when in a country where flying is an aeroplane remains an unfulfilled dream of children coming from families with unassuming backgrounds.

A day’s educational tour was arranged for 14 meritorious students from Amritsar to Delhi and back by air.  None of the institutions or government schemes has funded this travel rather the entire expenses have been borne by Principal Rakesh Sharma, to give wings to them and also to boost their morale and motivate them to work hard to make it to the state merit list, he asked them their one wish which he would fulfil if they make it to the merit list.

The students – 5 of 8^th class, 4 of 10^th and 5 of 12^th –  who enjoyed this air-travel were – Manjinder Kaur 8^th class 99% 6^th rank, Simrandeep Kaur 10^th 97.5% 14^th rank, Garima 8^th 96.6% 18^th rank, Anmolpreet Kaur 8th 98.1% 9^th rank, Jobanpreet Kaur 8^th 98.3% 10^th rank, Anamika 98.3% 10^th rank, Jaskirat Kaur 10^th 97.6% 11^th rank, Srishti 8^th 97.8% 13^th rank, Simaranjeet Kaur 12^th 99.4 4^th rank, Navjot Kaur 12^th 97.6% 9^th rank, Sakshi 12^th 99% 6^th rank, Komalpreet Kaur 10^th 97.3% 13^th rank, Sukhmandeep Kaur 8^th 98.1% 11^th rank.

Earlier, three years ago, when Rakesh Sharma joined as the principal of Shaheed Gurdas Ram Memorial Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), in Zira of Ferozepur district, he noticed that the students from this school were not securing merit positions in Class X and XII board results. Apart from students, two teachers were also accompanied and all air ticket and stay expenses were borne by the Principal.

The students who enjoyed this offer from the Principal said, it would be a memorable gift in our lives.  While we feel proud to be government school students, we will continue to improve in the next exams as well.

Principal Sharma said, “While this air travel to my students gives pleasure to me, it is also my aim to motivate the students, as there were no students on the merit list during the last 12 years.  But after getting a place on the merit list 4 students during 2021-22, 5 in 2022-23 and 9 in 2023-24, I asked them about their wishes and one of the students said – in merit me aane par, Jahaj ka jhoota lena chahti hu – I want to enjoy air-travel on coming in merit. I promised and the students sincerely concentrated on their studies and appeared on the merit list.