An NGO, Sanjivani, has resolved to create awareness among rural students about professional courses and higher education.
Christened ‘Rah’, in the initial phase members of the group are going to villages falling within a 20 km radius of Chandigarh. During a preliminary survey in the adjoining villages, it was found that a little motivation was needed to encourage students to pursue higher education.
The lack of awareness was more among students passing out of classes X and XII.
Mr Manomhan K. Garg, who is himself a practising chartered accountant, told the Tribune that the members of the group had a social cause of uplifting the children in the rural areas. Since the city had come up as a centre of higher education in the north, the students in the periphery could benefit if they were made aware at the right time
Under the project, the members of the group would cover different villages in the periphery.