NASIR YOUSIFI
sRINAGAR: Braving hardships, a boy from interior habitation of Mir Behri Dal in Srinagar has fared bright in recently held JKBOSE class 10th examinations. Securing a place among the toppers, the feat of the young lad is seen as an achievement and a source of inspiration as he had to overcome many socio-economic hurdles to emerge among the toppers.
As the time slowly tickles to Post Meridian three in evening, a mark when the link for recently held JKBOSE examination result is supposed to open for public, the throbs, anxiety and nervousness among a group of students at a private tuition centre in the vicinity of Dal lake determines the significance of the occasion. Amid the curiosity and tense, the tense boy from the interiors of Dal lake throw his hands into air making a gesture of prayers as soon his friend announces his result. The fair complexioned boy has come off with flying colours.
Mudasir Hussain Bhat, a 14 year old boy with humble background has scored 490 marks out of 500. As per the result declared by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education Kashmir, Mudasir scored 98% marks securing 11th position in matriculation examination.
“Right from the day one of the examination, I was hopeful of securing a rank as I wrote my exams very well”, says content Mudasir. I am very happy with the outcome of my hardwork. Thanks to Almighty , the results are as per my expectations, adds jubilant Mudasir.
Having read from one of the government run school in educational zone Nishat, Mudasir was a student of Government High School Nandpora, Mir Behri Dal. Mudasir says this school has an important role in grooming his reading and learning skills. I am indebted to a selfless support from my school all these years. Apart from teaching learning activities, the benevolent attitude of school has always been a morale booster, Mudasir says.
Born to a family with humble background, Mudasir faced multitude of hardships while continuing his studies in a local government school. From extreme poverty, dearth of resources to lack of modern day gadgetry like cell phone and proper data signal, the boy from the poor habitation of Dal had to face a stark reality of underprivileged life. Continuous closure of schools for pandemic COVID 19 added to the miseries of the impoverished boy, as he lacked the resources for any form of online education. Virtually living in a hardly accessible habitation of Moti Mohlla in the interiors of Dal lake, lack of regular power supply to the area also hindered his preparations, as Mudasir says he could not study during night hours properly under the candle light.
In addition to lack of resources, the boy has to take care of his bed ridden grandparents as his father goes to work.
The boy with stark eyes reflecting confidence never allowed these hiccups to impede his studies. “He has proved how hardwork pays in life. The resilient boy stood firm by his resolve and never let the odds to distract him from the track”, Says Mohammad Afzal , a college dropout from the locality while commenting upon the commendable achievement of the boy. According to Mohammad Qazim, 60 year old neighbour of the boy, Mudasir is the first student from the area to secure a rank among the toppers in matriculation examinations.
According to one of the teachers posted at government run school where Mudasir did his schooling, the boy is a brilliant student with a quest for knowledge. He is also an ardent fan of eminent scientist Elbert Einstein says the teacher who used to teach him from class 8th.
It is not that Mudasir is not interested in sports or hobbies, He too loves to play cricket. “He often helps me in daily chores and regularly fetches the fodder for a goat from surroundings”, says his father Ghulam Ahmad Bhat, a labourer by occupation. Bhat is hopeful that his son would accomplish more feats in the feature and would bring laurels for the family and mankind too. Mudasir’s mother a house wife is says that his son would excel in studies and turn out to be a game changer for the literally lagging habitation. She is hopeful that the government and well off section from the society will come forward to help her son to pursue quality education and career.
Mudasir’s achievement in examinations is doing rounds on social media too. A number of posts published from different social media handles praising the brilliant performance of boy outdoing poverty and resource dearth have went viral on internet, with many netizens pouring all kind of praises for the humble background boy. “You are really an inspiration for underprivileged class”, wrote a netizen on one of the posts on social media.
