Covid takes heavy toll but still they dared to dream At the 25th edition of The Telegraph school awards, poignant moments
The pandemic took away their fathers, pushing their families into deeper poverty. But it could not take away their dreams.
Class VI student Kajal Das, daughter of a vegetable vendor who passed away a couple of months ago, continues to spend a long time every day, rain or shine, running on a patch of land in her Behala neighbourhood. She wants to realise her ambition of becoming an athlete.
Debanjan Sarkar, a roadside hawker’s son who lost his father to Covid days before the NEET, and was himself afflicted with the coronavirus, still cracked the all-India exam.
A list of the awardees at the IIHM presents The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence 2020, 25th Edition, in association with The Bhawanipur Education Society College
The Caring Minds Award for a ‘School that Cares’
Special mention (for handling the pandemic)
Calcutta Rescue: Distributed smartphones among slum children
Adamas World School: Provided a part of its Barasat campus to set up a quarantine centre
Joint winners
Antyodoy Ashram: Home to 78 children, orphans or children of single parents incapable of bringing them up Batighar Pathshala: School for 56 children, mostly from slums and footpaths
Don Bosco School, Liluah: Host of welfare activities like teaching girls over 14 years for free and conducting night schools
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