Two English medium schools of Ranchi have announced to fund education at senior secondary level to those children who lost either of their parents during the second of the Covid-19 pandemic and are reeling under financial crisis.
Tender Heart Senior Secondary school located at Hatia road and Guru Gobind Singh Public School in Camre have made the announcement along with a helpline for the needy to apply. While Tender Heart has announced free admission and education for both class XI and XII, GGSPS in their notice has decided to do so for class XI initially.
Gopalnand Pathak, an official of GGSPS, said that it was their way to contribute to the society so that any deserving student doesn’t feel left out. He said, “The last few months of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic has been very difficult for everyone. Unfortunately many children lost their parent/s in this pandemic. Hence, the school management has now decided to go a step further to help these needy aspiring young minds to pursue their dreams and careers.”
He added that for any queries one can call at 978154303 and also drop their details for registering for admission on Whatsapp. “We are expecting queries and applications to flood on our helpline soon. After initial scrutiny of the applications, we shall hold counseling to provide admission into class XI. The management has decided to keep admission, and tuition fee free for such cases,” he said, adding that the scheme applies to both their existing students as well as to those who are from different schools.
Tender Heart School has released a number (9204060667) for queries and registration for admission. “The management has decided to provide free education for both class XI and XII to such students, who lost either of their parents due to covid-19 and are poor. Hope this step creates a big impact in their pursuit of education,” said an official.
Although, there isn’t any verified data available of such children who were orphaned due to covid-19 mortalities in the state but 4760 people have died due to the virus so far since the outbreak of the virus in March last year. Of this, more than 50 percent fatalities have come during the second wave. Considering the vulnerability of trafficking over children amid the pandemic, Jharkhand government too earlier this week directed all the districts to set up child friendly helpline and issued helpline numbers 181, WhatsApp number 8789833434 and mobile number 9955588871 and 8789370474 for tracking and monitoring of such cases to take corrective steps.