National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship scheme (NMMS) is a centrally sponsored scheme, to award scholarships to meritorious students hailing from low income backgrounds. The motive behind this scheme is to encourage students to continue their education and thus minimize secondary school drop outs. This initiative was launched in May 2008 and a scholarship of Rs.6,000/- is awarded for four years i.e from class IX to XII, to the students who clear the examination.

In this aspect, Youth for Seva has marked its prominence in mentoring students and help them in achieving the scholarship. The success rate has been progressive from the past three years. YFS is grateful to all the volunteers who put in their efforts in shaping the path of many kids. The figures have significantly increased from36 students in 2014 to 121 students in 2015, from 25 govt. schools.

“It is definitely an awesome experience to teach kids who are very talented and curious. It is really thoughtful of YFS to focus on a productive and promising aspect that’s been provided by the central government. Daily classes were taken covering, each topic of every subject and its appreciable that children sat after the school and studied for 1 to 2 hours. Even mock exams were conducted. The faculty and the principal were very cooperative and have always been quite supportive. I am overwhelmed by this year’s results and I am eagerly waiting to kickstart this year’s training”

– Sindhu, Volunteer at Saroornagar ZPHS, HYD

“I have trained 8th grade kids for the NMMS exam, along with 4 other co-volunteers. I am glad that 11 of our students came out with flying colours which will aid them financially for the next 4 years. We have started off teaching mathematics with some strong basics which indeed has helped them in their academics.”

– Sanotsh, Volunteer at Erramanzil ZPHS, HYD

“ I along with a co-volunteer have trained 35 students for 3 – 4 months at weekends. Initial response from kids was good but it decreased with time, the reason as I understand is kids are very much poor at basics. Kids are good at Mental aptitude but the SAT part was the tough bet. We have advised the children who wrote this exam to share their experience with juniors. In a nutshell it has been a wonderful experience and the result speaks for itself.”

– Phanidhar, Volunteer at Dharga ZPHS, HYD

Namaste,

YFS volunteers from Computers Associates (CA) coached students of Standard VIII, whose annual parental income is less than Rs 1.5 lakhs, for NMMS (National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship) talent examination. The scholarship provides INR 500/- per month for a period of 4 years, upon clearing the examination.

The volunteers trained the students at ZPHS, Serilingampally every morning from 8-9AM, for a duration of 3 months. The students were coached in Mathematics, Science and Social Studies, before school and office hours on weekdays, and for longer periods on weekends. They also arranged for required resources, prepared test papers, conducted mock parliaments and conducted experiments to help the students understand better.

The time dedicated by the volunteers and the persistent efforts of the students paid off, resulting in 6 students winning the scholarship.

The volunteers plan to continue coaching the students for the same, and expand their efforts to more schools in the upcoming academic year. If you want to be a part of the same, do write to us at yfshyd@youthforseva.org

Together we can,

YFSTeam