Girl, displaced by violence, cracks NEET
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 15 2023:
When fate seems to have closed all doors, Kamala, an inmate at the relief camp at Akampat Ideal Girls' College has been given a ray of hope in the form of her daughter who has cracked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a medical entrance examination.
Lost all to the present violent conflict, Khuman-them Kamala is now a proud mother of Anjalika, her eldest daughter.
She can now imagine her daughter wearing the white apron and a stethoscope hanging around her daughter's neck.
Khumanthem Anjalika scored 542 marks in the NEET and is ranked 91 in State's merit list.
Anjalika is the eldest of three children of Kh Kamla.
She has a small sister and a little brother.
Originally from Bishnupur's Ngaikhong, Kamala married a man from Moreh, but they got separated four years ago.
Since then, Kamala has been looking after her children alone.
Before the present conflict, she lived at Moreh Ward No 7 and ran a small shop on rent.
Khumanthem Kamala said Anjalika did her schooling (upto Class X) at Bishnupur Public School while staying at her parental home at Ngaikhong.
She cleared Class XII examination from MECI Explorer Academy Imphal.
Anjalika is now a fourth semester BSc student at Chanambam Ibomcha College, Bishnupur.
She cracked NEET on her second try.
Expressing happiness on her daughter's feat, Kamala said she could see her daughter as a doctor in some years.
While she is happy, she can't help but worry about the expenses that may come with her daughter's success.
She is worried that she may not be able to bear all the expenses for her daughter's study (MBBS) .
Talking about the conflict that has taken away from her all means of earning livelihood, Kamala said she has little hope that she would be able to go back to Moreh and run the shop once again to support her children's study.
Kamala said her second daughter is a Class IX student and the youngest is just starting school.
She has lost all means to support them, said Kamala wishing for the conflict to end.
Kamala said she wants to return to Moreh and run the shop once again.
Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Thongam Biswajit interacted with and heard the grievances of the displaced people taking shelter at the relief camp opened at Akampat Ideal Girls' College, being run by the Thongju Kendra Relief Committee.
During the interaction programme organised at Akampat Multipurpose Community Hall, the Minister presented Rs 20,000 in cash as encouragement to Khumanthem Anjalika.
Th Biswajit said the monetary assistance was provided to help her in her studies.
The interaction programme, held in the presence of Olympian Ksh Thoiba and several officials of the Government, discussed several issues facing the inmates/displaced people and their grievances.
Talking to the inmates, Th Biswajit assured all possible assistance and skill development training for income generation.
The inmates will be provided skill development training on various subjects including food processing, making detergent etc.
The participants will be given certificates at the end of the training.
These skill training will provide them the means of earning livelihood, said Th Biswajit.
The Minister heard the inmates' demand for health schemes and job cards and assured them of all assistance.
He also informed the inmates that efforts are on to provide them their share of NFSA rice from Imphal.
Most of the inmates at the camp are people displaced from Moreh and Churachandpur.
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