Students from the militant hotbed of Tral continue to bring laurels to the place. This time, a 19-year-old boy from Tral has secured the eight rank in the Common Entrance test (CET) and has also qualified the AIIMS entrance test.
The results of the Common Entrance test (CET) was declared by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations on Saturday night. More than 28,000 students had appeared in the entrance test in May.
Shahid Nabi, a resident of Baragam village of Tral, 39 km from the summer capital Srinagar, has secured the eight rank in the CET exam.
“I am feeling happy that I am among the toppers, but I won’t be joining any of the colleges in the state as I have already been selected in AIIMS, the result of which was declared three days ago,” said Shahid.
Being from an uneducated family, Shahid saw it as no barrier and worked hard for the exam.
“No one is educated in my family. My father is a farmer and my mother is a homemaker. The financial conditions are not good. But that did not stop me from achieving my goal. We are two siblings. My elder brother is also pursuing medicine at Government Medical College in Srinagar,” said Shahid.
With no school in Baragam village, it was a struggle for Shahid to go to another village for pursuing his higher secondary education. “There is no school in our village and it would take me more than 30 minutes to reach my school in nearby Noorpora village. There are not many educational facilities in our village,” he said.
Students from militancy-hit places of Tral and Sopore are setting a new trend. Two girls from Tral secured top two positions in Class X, the result of which was recently declared by the Board of School Education (BOSE).
In Class XII, the result of which was declared by BOSE recently, a girl from violence-hit Sopore bagged the first position in the science stream.
Students from these areas have started to break the stereotype of violence. Like other students, Shahid also wants to bring fame to his native village by his success.
“I am not too excited by my success, I have to work harder and bring more fame to my place,” he says.
Shahid believes that with hard work and dedication nothing is impossible to achieve. “I want to give credit of my success to my parents and teacher. I want to tell all those students who want to qualify the CET that it is not tough if you work hard. Being from a far-off village, I used to consistently study during my Class XI and XII for 6 to 7 hours every day. We should start studying from the start of the academic session so that we don’t feel pressurised at the end,” he said.