Patna: there are some changes in Bihar that are outrightly visible. The
network of roads wherever you travel, the girls on bicycles you see
along the levees and footpaths from a distance, regular movement of
people and traffic at night indicating safety. But there are other less
visible changes that now need to be taken note of.
These relate to both
the growing status and the boldness of the village girls, and of course
the rise of small town Bihar, indicated in the facts below. According to
recent reports, in this year’s Intermediate of Arts (IA) examination –
equivalent to Class XII of the Central Board of School
Examination (CBSE) – 19 of the top 20 students are girls. None of them,
in fact, belonged to big cities of the state such as Patna. They all
studied in little – known institutions in remote towns across the state.
Announcing the IA results on Wednesday, BSEB chairman Rajmani Prasad
Sinha said it was heartening to know that all except one in the top 20
list were girls. He also stated that more girls had appeared in the
examinations this year than the boys – a phenomenon not witnessed in
previous years.
Of the 3.68 lakh students who took the IA exams, 2.16 lakh appeared to be girls.
The overall topper in the state was Rima Kumari, a student of R. N.
Sahu Sarvodaya College located at Ganj Bhadsara in the Naxal- infested
Dinara block of Rohtas district. She scored 80.40 per cent. Rima said
she had no grudge that she did not live in a bigger city that has better
facilities for studies.
“My family has scarified a lot for my studies,” she said. “I would
now work harder to become an IAS officer to fulfil the dreams of my
father.” Neelam Kumari from Begusarai district and Pooja Kumari from
Sitamarhi bagged the second and third position, respectively. The only
boy on the list was Mohd Tabish Rahman from Samastipur.
In many ways the pattern duplicates what is happening all over India
in several field – small town students show a greater hunger for success
and end up accomplishing more than the city counterpart. This is
nothing short of s silent revolution in Bihar and elsewhere that is yet
to become fully visible.
Posted by Team Bihardays on Jun 1st, 2013
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