Garib Nagar’s fire-ravaged slum in Bandra (East) saw only five of the 39 Class 10 and 12 students clear the board exams this year. But the organisation that helped them after their books and hall tickets were charred in the March 4 fire is now determined to improve the performance of the slum’s next batch of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) students. In July, the Mumbai division of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) plans to organise a series of educational guidance programmes for Garib Nagar’s new class 10 students. The workshops will include interactive lectures on the importance of education, preparing for board exams, how to improve memory and special parental guidance sessions. After the fire, the 29-year-old organisation had arranged for immediate replacement of burnt textbooks along with several all-night study rooms in two civic schools nearby. “Despite our efforts to rehabilitate the students, their results were not very good, as they were still recovering from the shock,” said Mirza Kamran Baig, Mumbai president of SIO.
SIO TO HELP GARIB NAGAR STUDENTS IMPROVE SCORE
Garib Nagar’s fire-ravaged slum in Bandra (East) saw only five of the 39 Class 10 and 12 students clear the board exams this year. But the organisation that helped them after their books and hall tickets were charred in the March 4 fire is now determined
