HYDERABAD:
Sami
does not sell tea any more. Thanks to IT and municipal administration minister
K T Rama Rao's intervention, the 15-year-old boy who was found selling tea at
Banjara Hills
has been admitted into a school to pursue his studies.
"Glad to share that this boy Sami was admitted in 7th class in a TS minority residential school at Asifnagar," minister K T Rama Rao tweeted on Tuesday. Md
Sami Uddin Faizan
's father
Mohd Azizuddin
is happy that his son has been able to join school because of the efforts of minister K T Rama Rao.
The father expressed his gratitude to the minister and said they would encourage the boy to study well. "My son is interested in computers. We will encourage him to study whatever subject interests him when he gets into college," said the father.
Due to economic compulsions, the boy was pulled out of a private school by his father. As he could not pay the fee, the boy sat at Road no. 10, Banjara Hills selling tea. The boy's plight was taken to the notice of minister K T Rama Rao by Riyazuddin, a resident of Banjara Hills. With TOI highlighting the boy's situation, the minister promptly responded on December 17, 2017 and said that he would get Sami admitted to any residential school he desires for. TOI also published a report on December 18 about the minister's assurance. KTR's office got in touch with the boy's father and took all the details and got working on admitting him into a school.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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