<i>Nothing can stop a determined Surjomori</i>
WILL POWER DEFIES PHYSICAL CHALLENGE: Surjomori Hemram uses her congenitally deformed hand to write at the ongoing Junior School Certificate examinations at Thakurgaon Government High School centre yesterday. Photo: STAR
She was born with one hand and that too is badly deformed. But defying the physical challenge to continue schooling by sheer will power, she attends the ongoing Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations at Thakurgaon Government Boys' High School centre. The girl, Surjamori Hemram, is the daughter of Rafi Hemram of Nargoon, a village inhabited by indigenous people in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila. "Surjamori was born without the left hand while her right hand is defective. She has three brothers and a sister. As she grew up, she showed interest in learning and expressed eagerness to go to school. I admitted her to Nargoon Government Primary School," Rafi Hemram said. "After successful completion of primary education, she was admitted to Nargoon High School in the same upazila. Now she is appearing in the JSC examinations. She is good at study but I could not arrange any private tutor due to poverty,” he said. Boni Amin, headmaster of Nargoon High School, said Surjamori Hemram was always attentive to study and did good results in the school examinations, although she has to write with a defective hand. “My school teachers gave all out support for continuation of my study. Despite my physical barriers, I want to obtain higher education so that I can run independently in future. But I am thinking about managing the education expenses in coming days,” Surjamori told this correspondent after the first day's examination yesterday.
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