Formal education has become an indispensable part of our lives. We can hardly expect a successful life in the absence of proper literacy and knowledge. We are fortunate to witness that our educational standard is developing day by day and we are about to reach the stage where we shall feel proud of our achievements provided we keep up working hard to attain that stature for our nation.
The recently declared 12th class and 10th class results also indicate that our educational standard is developing with every passing day. There are many examples that can be sighted for being inspirational in nature around us. The overall growing percentage of the success rate of the students itself is encouraging. One such inspiring example is related to one of the students who passed the 10th class examination and brought laurels to all his family and the locality around him.
Muzamil Shakeel Beigh, a specially-abled student of class tenth achieved a great feat by passing the examination with good marks. The special thing about this example is that the student from Kralweth Kunzer has brilliantly performed while studying in the normal school which is not reserved for the specially-abled students only. Everyone in the locality and the adjacent areas in this was happy after hearing about this success story. The local community, panchayat members, and even the Department of School Education Kashmir or DSEK visited the family to felicitate the student and share the merry and cheerful movements with the family. Before Muzamil, Insha Mushtaq; the 2016 pellet victim achieved a similar milestone by cracking the class 12th examination with flying colours. Insha had lost her eyesight in an unfortunate pellet incident seven years ago.
Both stories are inspiring for all those students who face many difficulties during their education. If a dump and deaf student can grab success through dedication and hard work why can’t other students do it who do not face such issues or who face fewer problems? This is an inspiring example even for those who are specially-abled. Being specially-abled does not mean that education is inaccessible to such children at this age. Not only the students but the teachers also can extract inspiration from this example. Through dedication and smart work, the teachers can educate and train the specially-abled students too even by applying normal methodologies. Such examples must inspire our young students to dare to dream and believe that they can realise any dream if they have the real metal in themselves to fight all the odds they face and stay tall against all negativities which frighten them to bow down. Such examples teach us that sky is the limit for those who have the real courage to fight valiantly.
So dear students remember this quotation from one of the most popular poets of the modern era, Walt Whitman, “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”
The author is a teacher at the Education Department, and can be reached at bu*****************@***il.com