Farhana is eleven years old and is currently studying at Jasola MCD School, New Delhi. Three years back her family decided to migrate to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh. This child of an illiterate mother was admitted in a private school with an annual fee of Rs. 1200.

Unfortunately after a while her mother fell ill and could neither take care of herself or her 4 children, seeing no improvement in health and lack of local solidarity, the family moved back to U.P. Farhana being the oldest child replaced her ill mother and started looking after her siblings and could no more attend the school. Her mother's health healed fairly within a month and the family returned to Delhi.  

Missing school without notice, Farhana was unlisted from the school, the direction team of the school also refused to re-integrate her in any class. Paying a private school became impossible for her parents who had already spent great chuck of their money on medical services & thus Farhana too turned out to be a drop out.

But where there is a will there is a way, Farhana got to know a few friends who regularly attended one of the Sakshi’s Non formal Education (NFE) Centers. Full of excitement she informed her parents about the same and with their support she immediately joined the centre. Farhana made best of this opportunity to reactivate and enhance her knowledge and performed well in the weekly tests. She then prepared herself for the Government school admission tests and succeeded in May 2008 was finally accepted directly in Standard IV at Jasola MCD School.