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New Indian Express
28-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
CM Stalin aids corporation school topper; provides financial assistance, laptop
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin has provided financial assistance of Rs 25,000 and a laptop to D Shriya, a corporation school student raised by a single mother after her father abandoned the family. This follows a TNIE article highlighting Shriya's financial struggles in pursuing higher education, despite scoring 565 out of 600 in her Class 12 exams and securing college admission. Shriya was among five corporation school students who received financial assistance and laptops from the chief minister on Tuesday. Stalin also distributed laptops to 131 students during this event. Also among them was Keerthana B, a student of the Corporation's Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School in Perambur who had scored 537 in the Class 12 exams. Her father, an auto driver, is currently under treatment for complications due to diabetes. She is yet to secure a college admission due to financial limitations. TNIE had on May 22 reported the struggles of Shriya, as she was working at a soda factory for Rs 300 a day to be able to continue her studies. V M Muralidharan, chairman of Ethiraj College for Women, also reached out to Shriya via phone on Tuesday and said that he would offer any assistance needed to support her higher education, the family said.
New Indian Express
22-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Denied aid, yet undeterred: Corporation school topper Shriya's journey to Ethiraj College admission
CHENNAI: From washing and filling soda bottles two years ago to someone who is getting ready to go to the prestigious Ethiraj College for Women, life has come a full circle for D Shriya, a student of a Greater Chennai Corporation school. Her journey – from being a school dropout in 2022 to securing second rank in Class 12 at the Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School in Saidapet with 565 marks out of 600 – is a quiet yet powerful story of resilience and determination. She was forced to discontinue her studies after completing Class 10 at a private school in the academic year 2021-22. Both she and her younger brother, Nikylesh, had pending school fees amounting to around Rs 80,000 that their father refused to pay. Her father, a government employee in the law and order department and the sole bread-winner, was allegedly addicted to alcohol, the family said. Having had enough, Shriya's mother D Sreedevi (42) moved out to a single-room rented house with Shriya and her brother to ensure their safety. Although they eventually managed to pay the pending fees and obtain transfer certificates from the private school, the children were forced to take a year-long break from school due to financial instability. Sreedevi took up a job at a specs company, earning Rs 13,000 per month. Meanwhile, Shriya began working at a soda company, washing and filling bottles for Rs 300 a day and an additional Rs 150 for night shifts.
