WELL DONE!: MIM president Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi presenting schoolbag to a student on Saturday. Photo: K. Ramesh Babu

Hyderabad: Education is the barometer of the success of a community. If a community is backward educationally it will be backward in other respects too, said former MP and Majlis president Sultan Salahudddin Owaisi.

He was speaking after giving away cash prizes and educational kits to meritorious students of Government Urdu medium schools at Darussalm here on Saturday.

Stressing the importance of education, Mr. Owaisi said the Majlis was determined to improve the education status of Muslims and was doing its best to create awareness. The party had accumulated Rs. 2.18 crores in the Rahmatul-lil-Alameen fund and was using the same for giving books and school bags to students.

1,095 students benefit

On Saturday 1,095 students of Government Urdu medium schools in Nampally, Golconda and Asifnagar mandals were presented cash awards and educational kits containing long notes books and geometry compass by the Darussalam Educational Trust.

Shakira Begum and Reshma Begum of Government Girls High School, 2nd Lancer, who secured 514 marks in the recent SSC examination were given Rs. 5,000 each while four students who scored 80 per cent marks were given Rs. 3,000 each and others Rs. 500 each.

Majlis MP Asaduddin Owaisi said the party had decided to give Rs. 1.30 lakhs by way of scholarship every month to students studying in Government Urdu medium high schools in the twin cities. On June 27 students of Charminar, Bandlaguda and Bahadurpura mandals would be given scholarship at Nayab function hall.

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