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Bhubaneswar ( Orissa ) : “In fact, I was worried and panicked but later on, my dreams were came true, when I had a privilege to meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh,” said KBK’s beacon light 16 year old Sanyukta Pangi, who represented India in the Junior 8 (J8) summit parallel to the G8-G5 summit in Italy.
On her return from Rome, she attributed her meeting with Dr Singh as best part of her life so far. 'I felt proud to meet our Prime Minister and share my feelings about education, water and other problems that we tribal girls face,' said Pangi, who is from Karanjaguda village in Koraput district of Orissa.
An initiative of the Unicef, J8 was a meeting of 52 youngsters from G8 countries and non-G8 nations like India, Brazil and Mexico.
'I told prime minister that teachers in the government schools are not as good as in the private schools. Other facilities too are bad in comparison to private schools. We need quality education,' Pangi said on her interaction with Dr Singh.
'I also told him about the problem of transportation in our district. We walk to our school.
I urged him to provide special transport vehicles to students in hilly and tribal areas like mine,' said Pangi.
'He was very happy to see me there. When I told him that I am a tribal girl from Koraput district, he patted my back.'
'He said that he is aware about the teachers' problem in the government schools and will try to solve it. He (Manmohan Singh) said 'I will do something for this',' Pangi said.
'He also encouraged me to study more,' said the Class 12 student, who wants to become a civil servant.
Pangi said she told the Prime Minister about the water scarcity in her district. 'I told him how girls and women have to walk a long distance to fetch water.'
