Manipur (ST3069)

Wairakpam Princy Devi was 12 (Twelve) when she was enrolled in KGBV, Moirang and is the eldest child of Wairakpam Hemsonsingh and Wairakpam Sheela Devi, of Tronglaobi Makha Leikai, a village in Bishnupur District. Her parents are agricultural workers and in the off season, they support their family by resorting to odd jobs. With the meager income, Princy’s parents were not in the position to send her to school.

Princy  a child with a dream to become an IPS officer, was not in a position to persuade her parents to send her to school, knowing her parents income. Her dream was realized when she got admitted to the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Thamnapokpi Moirang, which was established under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan under the MHRD, Government of India. The KGBV, Thamnapokpi Moirang, which is situated amidst the scenic Loktak Lake and the Thangjing mountain range, populated mostly by schedule Tribes and the minorities, is an ideal educational setting grooming young and high spirited children specially belonging to deprived and backward classes .

She was enrolled in KGBV at class 6 (six) in the year 2014, a weak, both physically and mentally; a shy, timid and introvert child. Gradually, her dreams began getting into shape through continous efforts of the KGBV fraternity, the district and the state level officers associated with implementation of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan in the state.

The KGBV fraternity also encouraged Princy and her friends to pursue several extra-curricular activities in their leisure time. The kitchen garden initiatives led by Princy is a success story which is now replicated in other KGBVs and Residential Schools.

The contribution and the effort of the KGBV is evident with the rise of the quite and shy girl, Wairakpam Princy Devi, when she topped the 8th Standard of KGBV Thamnapokpi Moirang just after three years in the KGBV whereas she was a below average student when she get into the KGBV system. When she graduated the class 8 from KGBV Thamnapokpi Moirang, she emerged as a sound, bold and a confident girl ready to take head on into secondary stage of education.