Moimuna Nursing Institute. Credit score: Rafiqul Islam/IPS
THAKURGAON, Bangladesh, Feb 06 (IPS) – After passing her secondary faculty certificates (SCC) in 2019, Sweety Akter went door-to-door to gather cash to enroll in a university, however she wasn’t profitable.
Born to a particularly poor household in Fultala village beneath Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon district, Akter noticed her dream of finding out fading as she was unable to enroll in a university due to an absence of funding, regardless of her good outcomes in school.
“I went to many locations however didn’t get the chance for admission. I didn’t have the monetary assist to review at a personal school or an academic institute.”
Then Sweety’s fortune modified.
“I fortunately acquired an opportunity to review for a nursing diploma freed from cost at Moimuna Nursing Institute (MNI),” she informed IPS.
Explaining her monetary hardships, the 22-year-old Akter mentioned her father is a gambler who had bought all of the household’s belongings to gamble, and he had even bought their lone homestead, the place they’re at the moment residing.
“My father doesn’t give me and my youthful sister any cash for training. My mom works as home assist on the homes of individuals and is bearing the prices for our four-member household,” she mentioned.
Sweety mentioned that if she had not had the chance to enroll at MNI, it will have been inconceivable for her to pursue tertiary training, and she or he would have been pressured to marry.
Overcoming all the chances and passing the nursing diploma, she is now pursuing an internship at Rangpur Medical School and Hospital (RMCH) with monetary assist from the institute, which paves the way in which for former college students to get jobs at hospitals.
Shikha Akhter (19) enrolled in Moimuna Nursing Institute in Thakurgaon, northwest Bangladesh, to pursue a diploma in nursing science and midwifery with the encouragement of her sister, Sweety.
Shikha mentioned she enrolled within the institute at a minimal payment, and now she is having fun with extra services than different college students as her elder sister additionally studied there.
“I’m finding out the nursing diploma and staying on the MNI’s hostel, which makes my life straightforward. I need to be an excellent nurse and serve individuals,” she added.
Joya Rani, a 20-year-old lady from poverty-stricken Kaliganj village beneath Deviganj upazila, additionally studied the nursing diploma with monetary assist from the institute.
“My father is bodily challenged, so he can not work. My mom is the one breadwinner for our household, and she or he helps the household by rearing cattle. That’s why she can not give me any cash (for research),” she informed IPS.
Joya, who’s at the moment doing an internship at RMCH, mentioned she obtained a stipend of Taka 2,000 (USD 19) from the institute over the previous two years, and if she had not obtained the stipend, it will not have been doable for her to proceed finding out.
Moimuna Nursing Institute, positioned 460 kilometers away from the capital Dhaka, is a non-profit authorised by the Bangladesh Council of Nursing and Midwifery and provides a three-year diploma in nursing for about USD 1,500, which incorporates tuition charges, lodging, uniforms, and books.
Thakurgaon is a poor district in Bangladesh, with a poverty fee of 36.7 percent in opposition to 18.7 percent at the national level. Of them, about 19.7 p.c of individuals within the district dwell in excessive poverty, which prevents many from persevering with their training, notably the ladies.
For the reason that begin of its journey in 2019–20, the MNI has been offering monetary assist, together with stipends and need-based scholarships, for college students coming from underprivileged households.
MNI’s managing director, Dr. MA Sayed, mentioned the institute authorities are offering a handful of scholarships, with three poor college students receiving stipends in every batch in order that they will proceed their nursing training.
In distributing scholarships and stipends, a committee of the institute inspects the homes of their college students. If the committee finds proof of acute monetary hardship, the MNI offers assist.
Even after finishing the nursing diploma, the institute’s assist continues, and it facilitates sending the previous college students to public hospitals to do internships.
“Throughout their internship, we’re offering monetary assist for some chosen poor college students in order that they will accomplish their objectives,” Sayed mentioned.
He mentioned the MNI offers a residential facility for its college students to make sure a clean surroundings for training, leading to a one hundred pc go fee, which makes it the primary in Thakurgaon district.
“We additionally perform profession counseling for college students to encourage them to think about a better training in nursing,” he added.
Nirmola Toppa, mom of Nila Kispotta, who lately accomplished a nursing diploma from the MNI, mentioned after her daughter handed the SSC examination, she tried to marry her off as a result of she couldn’t afford to pay for her daughter’s academic bills.
However a scholarship meant Nila might full her diploma, and she or he is now getting a stipend of Taka 2,000 (USD19) per 30 days from MNI to finish her six-month internship at RMCH.
Nirmala mentioned Nila obtained Taka 6,000 (USD 57) to enroll within the internship too.
Founding father of Moimuna Nursing Institute, Dr. Saifullah Syed, mentioned in Thakurgaon, many rural underprivileged women and people coming from minority and ethnic communities go the doorway examination (SSC) to enroll in nursing institutes however don’t enroll attributable to monetary constraints.
Additionally, there are a lot of who might qualify however don’t take the doorway examination, considering that they could not be capable to afford the tutorial bills to change into nurses and midwives, he mentioned.
“That’s why I based Moimuna Nursing Institute to make sure that certified poor rural women, notably these coming from minority and ethnic communities, get the chance to change into nurses and midwives,” Syed informed IPS.
He asserted that his institute has established an endowment fund beneath the management of a Board of Trustees, offers need-based scholarships, and arranges sponsors.
The MNI welcomes donations because it means extra college students could also be assisted.
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