Rashmi, a member of the Birhor tribe which is on the verge of extinction, has grow to be the primary scholar from the group in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district to go the upper secondary examination, a senior district official mentioned.
Rashmi Birhor is the first-generation scholar of her household at Birhor Tola in west Bokaro, which falls underneath Ramgarh district, to attend college and clear the category 12 board examination within the second division, Deputy Commissioner Madhavi Mishra mentioned.
“The district administration is serious about uplifting the condition of the members of the primitive tribe. We will encourage her to pursue higher studies. Tata Steel has contributed to her achieving the feat,” Mishra mentioned.
She was a scholar of St Robert School in Hazaribagh. Earlier this month, a 16-year-old woman of the identical tribe in Hazaribagh district had handed the matriculation examination.
Birhor is among the primitive tribes that hint their origin to Jharkhand. There are practically 11,000 individuals from the tribe residing within the state presently.
The woman had handed her class 10 board examination two years again underneath Project Aakansha’, supported by Tata Steel Foundation. The venture, initiated in 2012, goals to result in optimistic change within the lives of the susceptible Tribal communities within the nation by supporting the schooling of the youngsters from these communities, particularly woman kids, an announcement issued by Tata Steel Foundation mentioned.
“My parents want me to study hard and get better results in the future as I have enormous support from the Tata Steel Foundation,” the assertion quoted her as saying.
Rashmi mentioned her mother and father need her to maintain transferring ahead, and by no means really feel herself to be in a disadvantageous place. She intends to pursue a diploma course after having consulted her academics and mentors at Tata Steel Foundation.
“Project Aakansha has impacted several lives ever since and has 220 Birhor children enrolled under this project who are supported academically and counselled to encash on the learning they receive through formal education,” the assertion mentioned.