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JOWAI: The ‘Lei Synshar Cultural Society has sent 899 children to Karnataka for free Education since 2001 and this year too, the society will send 165 children who will leave Meghalaya on May 29 to be accommodate in various schools in Karnataka.

All the 165 children belong to poor family and some of them are orphans. Out of the total number of children, 60 are from Jaintia Hills district and the rest are from East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills and Ribhoi district.
Speaking to The Shillong Times, Lei Synshar Cultural Society, general secretary, Puramon Kynjin informed that from 2001 till date, 899 children were sent to different schools in various part of Karnataka and all the expenditure were met by the RSS Karnataka.

“School fees, lodging and fooding were being provided free in any schools and hostel they were admitted”, Kynjing said adding that if they want they can only give Rs 200 to 300 hundreds as donation. “Most of these Schools where our children being admitted were run by Trust”, he added

The society held a meeting with the parents of the children to be sent to Karnataka here on Thursday at Sein Raij Hall. The meeting was also attended by RSS Prantapracharak (State Organising Secretary), Mukunda and students who had successfully complete their Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) recently.

This year, 49 students appeared for SSCL examination conducted by CBSE, ICSE and State Board of Education, Karnataka. Out of which 16 students secured first division with distinctions, nine students got second division and 14 passed third division and five others are still waiting for the CBSE results to be declared on Saturday.
One Pynche-wanmi Nartiang (17) secured letter mark in Kannada, Hindi and Social Studies while Rita Pasi (16) secured distinction in English and Social Science.

According to Kynjing, all 165 Children will be taken by 20 volunteers from Khasi and Jaintia Hills to Karnataka on May 29 and detail information of each child will be submitted to respective Deputy Commissioners of the concerned district.

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