Telangana: 190 students of TSWREIS secure MBBS seats
Hyderabad: Around 190 students of the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) secured MBBS seats after the recent completion of the first round of medical counselling, as per a media report in the Hans India.
The students came mostly from marginalized communities, and TSWREIS had helped around 513 students from medical colleges to get into medical colleges in the last six years.
A student from Gowlidoddi college, who got a seat in Gandhi Medical College said "my father is a sanitation worker and mother a laborer from Husnabad (Karimnagar). If not for the free NEET coaching, I wouldn't have dreamt of preparing for the exam given my family's poor economic condition. I am indebted to the government and to my teachers. I want to become a nephrologist and want to be remembered as poor people's doctor."
Spandana from Cherlapalem (Mahabubabad district), who got into Osmania Medical College said, "I am thrilled at the thought of becoming a doctor. Our teachers motivated me a lot; very much indebted to them. I want to pursue nephrology as a specialization."
Expressing her happiness, Neha, a student from Nagarkurnool district who got admission in Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal said, "I had decided to become a doctor when I lost my father at a young age. He died when I was in V class. This tragic incident motivated me to pursue medicine. Poverty taught me several lessons in life; none should die due to lack of money. My mother is a daily wage laborer, from Singotam village. I am indebted to my mother for her sacrifices; she courageously sailed through rough times and struggled a lot to educate me. Today my dream became a reality. I am elated and can't express my joy in words. Credit goes to my mother and teachers who constantly motivated me to give my hundred percent. I broke this news to my single mother and she is extremely happy. My ultimate aim is to serve needy people."The TSWREIS secretary Ronald Rose said, "The credit goes to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Minister Koppula Eshwar for sanctioning funds for conducting NEET coaching on par with corporate institutions, thereby helping poor students fight their way out of poverty and achieve their dreams," adding, "this is a milestone for the TSWREIS as never before such a large number of first generation learners from humble family backgrounds made it to medical colleges."
The secretary Rose also appreciated the teaching staff for their work in guiding the students to achieve their long-cherished dreams of joining medical colleges, IITs, NITs, premier higher educational institutions, reports the Hans India.
