BTECH students band in Andhra forced India news to double as a watchman to pay for studies
Hyderabad: They can grow in future as Tech Viskids. But now, a band of female students is being depths deeply – as a watchman, cleaning her own engineering college toilet in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Cleaning toilet is one of the works that Wani (name changed) should be completed before going to class at 9 am, to water plants in other tasks or help in college kitchen. Reason? These part -time Giggs allow Vani to pay for hostels at Engineering College – some cannot tolerate her daily bets. The 21 -year -old is currently in its final year of BTech in AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning).
Vani’s college has about a dozen students – who chase various branches of engineering – who have done equal work to keep their dreams of higher education alive.
And they are very happy to be able to do so only. “I know the financial situation of my family. I don’t think anything is wrong in taking any work that can reduce the burden on them,” Vani told TOI, saying that she did not want to be a burden on her parents.
In Guntur, Vani’s father, Vani’s father, Vani’s father, makes the best of Rs 700 to Rs 800 in a day and his mother for Rs 250. He started working in the third year of B.Tech, when his parents borrowed money to clean their hostel charges.
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Vani’s Hostel fees 37,500 rupees per year. “I (his parents) did not want to borrow them again. That is why I asked the management if I could get some work. I never hesitated to clean the toilet, because we are using them. It felt that it felt that keeping our house clean,” to keep it clean, “an indicating whether she either works in the evening after going to college or works from the evening.
Her batchmate Srivya has a similar routine. “One week we work during the morning and the next week. It takes about two to three hours to complete our work. From cleaning rooms, toilets and gardening, we take care of all work with other employees,” said the final year student.
With these tasks, this group also doubles as caretaker, wakes up on time for other students to study sessions and serves food, among other duties.
However, these students accept to run-in with the seniors who often question their rights (when they ask them to go to classrooms or stop light). They say that this is a small price to pay for returns.
Aarti, a first year engineering student of Kurnool, said, “My family was already in a loan of Rs 3 lakhs. So, I knew that I had to do these jobs to stay. Whenever I had to face some resistance, I used to take help from the officials,” Aarti asked a first year engineering student in Kurnool. Picked up by a single mother, she said that the family was ready to seek any help that came in her way, as seven brothers -Bahn are completely dependent on her mother as her father died when she was in class 9.
The college principal revealed that students were being encouraged to do part -time work to instill confidence in them that they could take care of themselves. The principal said, “Around 200 students come forward every year to work part -time, but we consider only 8 to 10 of them. These are those who are usually in need and have a powerful mindset,” the principal said.
(Names changed to protect identity)
