From Kyle, at the Schools for Asia Educational Foundation:
For one of our last year BHA students. He is a really bright kid, and has been accepted to university here. However, his family is quite poor and he needs money for his boarding and travel expenses in order to stay in the university. All the universities here are government run, so the tuition is free, but he is only given a small amount for room and board which does not cover the total cost.
In his family, his older brother had also been selected to university a while back, but had to quit because they could not afford his boarding expenses. That's pretty sad considering that only 10% of high school graduates even get the chance to enter university, regardless of how they do in school.
We're trying to make sure that Ramesh does not have to make the same decision to drop and get a job, and can actually complete his degree and reach his goal of becoming a professor himself.
21 OCT 2010