IRCDUC honours 47 children of class 12, 3 children of class 10, their teachers and the principal of the higher secondary school in Kannagi Nagar, for having scored high marks despite the difficult situation that they live in. One girl child from Kannagi Nagar has scored 1142/1200 and 3 children has scored 100/100 in Tamil, Mathematics and Science.
The displaced & deprived urban communities who were forced to move to these resettlement locations far from their original place of habitations have been facing untold misery because of the the size of housing that is more like a chicken coop with no space for privacy, loss of livelihood of their parents, lack of basic amenities and the "stigma" forcefully enforced on them. Many children have dropped out of schools and exposed to multiple vulnerabilities because of these living conditions.
Kannagi Nagar along with the other resettlement site has been branded as area where there is "high crime rate"... "teenage pregnancies...."child marriage" and various other "anti-social elements"... however... we at IRCDUC seeks to eradicate this negative branding by letting the world know of the existence of young brilliant children who are trying their best to come up in life... and if given opportunities they will rise above the stars.
We salute the girl children who have been the top scorers in this examination!
We salute the teachers for their never ending support!
We salute the member of the Urban Local Body for now aspiring to provide basic amenities for the site!
Last but certainly not the least we Salute all the Children in Kannagi Nagar who are striving hard to succeed despite living in distress situations!
Our Best Wishes!!!
That was a nice gesture by IRCDUC. Happy to see this on a Anti-child labour day! It gives hope that children are great agents of change. Congratulations to all the Children!
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