Kolkata: Twenty one out of 22 tribal students of Eklavya Model Residential School of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Jhargram have passed Higher Secondary examinations this year with first division marks.
Out of 21 first division students, eight have also got star marks.
It may be mentioned that this comes at the time when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken necessary steps along with Ramakrishna Mission to ensure proper education to the children of tribal communities.
Following the request of Chief Minister to the then general secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Swami Suhitanandaji to take steps for education of tribal girls and boys, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira (Ekalavya Model Residential School) was set
up in Jhargram and this year total 22 students have appeared for the Higher Secondary examinations.
Out of the 22 students, nine were girls. Three boys from Mahali community while two from Lodha community had appeared for the examinations and one from the Mahali community has got start marks.
Similarly, two students from Lodha community have secured star marks and one even got letter marks in English. Bhudhar Mahali, who scored the highest marks among all the students from school, has bagged 85 marks in English, 84 in geography and 88 in Philosophy.
The only student who passed with second division marks had appeared for the examination from hospital as he was ill.
Moreover, all the nine girls from the school have got first division marks and three of them had got star marks. At the same time,
the students from the science stream have also passed the examination with flying colours in first division.
It may be recalled that in 2017, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had felicitated Uday Murmu, a student from the same school, as he had secured the highest marks in Santhali language in Higher Secondary examination.
This year there were nine students including six girls had appeared for the examination with Santhali as their first language.