New Delhi 28th August‘ 2010: Human Welfare Foundation, Delhi based NGO has decided to distribute academic excellence award, cash prizes and certificates (under vision 2016, a mega socio-economic empowerment program) among meritorious students of U.P. state on 3rd October’ 2010 at 9 am in Baradari, Kaisar Bagh, Lucknow. Besides U.P. the award for academic excellence will also be distributed in a function which will held on 26th September in Bihar, on 10th October in Assam, on 7th November in West Bengal. The date of Jharkhand for distributing award for academic excellence is yet not decided.
Apart from this, the foundation has also decided to give awards to minority-run schools whose performance report has been remarkable and best in their districts in last three years.
These awards for academic excellence-2010 (U.P.) will be distributed to encourage the students so that they can perform better in future also and become a part of national building, said Salimullah Khan, National Co-ordinator of HWF.
It should be noted that the foundation distributed academic excellence awards in U.P. last year. After seeing the good response of people living in U.P. state and media coverage, the foundation has again decided to organise academic excellence award function.
The foundation is helping poor students also with many schemes like scholarships program for meritorious and poor students. Besides these foundation is running a scholar school in Abul Fazal Enclave, Delhi. The foundation has opened many schools in different parts of India like West Bengal, Jharkhand etc. Foundation is also proposed to open schools in different places of India. These steps are being taken by Foundation soon after the report of Sachar Committee in which it showed the pathetic and deprived condition of Muslim educationally, socially and financially.
“The Award for Academic Excellence- 2010 is to motivate the minority students for performing excellently in their academic studies. It is to be noted that the Higher Secondary Examination Results of Muslim Community in the state has been on the poor side during the recent years,” said Prof. K. A. Siddique Hassan, General Secretary of Human Welfare Foundation.
Prof. SidheeqHassan also said in a press release about the role of education in the development of our country. Therefore we are making every effort to improve the quality of life of the neglected sections of the society through Vision 2016 program, Prof. SidheeqHassan added.
Last year, HWF felicitated 750 meritorious Muslim students of U.P. state in an award function which was held at Hari Ram, Ashok Marg, Lucknow. About 10 schools were also felicitated on this occasion and were given mementos and citation.