Mangalore's TRF-sponsored students from Bidar college excel in PU exams

Bidar, May 29: Hundreds of students from Bidar go to Mangalore every year to seek admission to pre-university colleges there.

Hasina Banu and Mohammad Jazeel, however, have reversed this trend.

Students of Shaheen PU College here, these two are from Dakshina Kannada district and have excelled in the II PU examination.

Haseena's father, P. Mohammad, who runs a roadside tea shop at Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada, has four children. Her elder brother is battling cancer and her mother works as a farm labourer.

Clockwise from top left: Mohammed Jazeel, Mohammed Omer Sharief K, Neeta Manohar and Ratnava R B

Spotted

Mangalore-based Talent Research Foundation spotted her after she got 85.6 per cent in SSLC. The foundation referred her to Shaheen college.

She was accepted into the Shaheen Scholars Group and given free tuition and boarding. She secured 86.33 per cent in the PU exam. Haseena is keen on pursuing a career in medicine.

Mohammad Jazeel from Pajuri village in Dakshina Kannada belongs to an impoverished family. His parents are farm labourers and he has 10 siblings. He was sent to Bidar by the Talent Research Foundation. He has scored 90.67 per cent.

Most of the Shaheen Scholars Group members, who are talented students from deprived backgrounds from across the State, have done well.

Omar Sharief of Bangalore won a scholarship to study in the college.

He secured 91.2 per cent in the SSLC exam and 86.33 per cent in the II PU exam. His father, Khader Sharief, works in a tea shop.

Dharwad-based NGO Vidya Poshak had sponsored some students.

Neeta Manohar of Latgeri in Bijapur district is one among them and has secured 85 per cent. Her father is a farmer.

Rathnavva Ramappa of Mulagi in Haveri district, another in the group, has got 82.5 per cent.Her father is a farm labourer who keeps migrating to cities in search of job. She has three sisters.