This story is from June 22, 2020

Bihar: This Bhojpur library educates poor kids for scholarship exam

An initiative taken by Lakshandev Singh Public Library at Lakshanpur in Jamira panchayat of Bhojpur district has helped not only 33 students qualify for the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship
Bihar: This Bhojpur library educates poor kids for scholarship exam
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ARA: An initiative taken by Lakshandev Singh Public Library at Lakshanpur in Jamira panchayat of Bhojpur district has helped not only 33 students qualify for the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) exam, but also lent a helping hand to the children from the underprivileged sections of the society free of cost.
The middle school students are getting Rs12,000 as yearly scholarship for 4 years up to class XII.
Last week, altogether 20 students guided by the library passed NMMS exam and qualified for Rs12,000 yearly scholarship for 4 years.
Founded and funded by social worker Bhim Singh Bhavesh in 2012, the library imparts education to the poor children with the help of some educated persons of the village. “I read an article in a newspaper about the NMMS exam for class VIII government school students. Those who qualify are entitled to Rs12,000 yearly scholarship for 4 years. I talked to the principals of government schools at Lakshanpur, Jamira and Bartoli as well as the library members and decided to teach and encourage the extremely poor students of the neighbouring villages to appear at the NMMS exam. A test was conducted in July 2018 in which 170 students from Lakshanpur, Jamira, Barauli, Kunjantola and Alipur appeared,” said Bhavesh, himself a PhD and LLB degree holder.
The library tested it’s first success in April 2019 when 13 students qualified the NMMS exam. Among them were daily wager Chandan’s son Uttam, auto driver Sanjay’s son Raja and mason Krishna’s son Vishnu.
Encouraged by the success, the library started conducting regular tests for NMMS exam on every alternate Saturday.
“It gives me immense pleasure that my humble initiative helped the poor students qualify for Rs48,000 scholarship. We now want to help more students from humble background, Bhavesh said.
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