Kushbu Thanks A-G, PM For Budget
Kushbu Chand was in tears when she heard the Revised 2021-2022 National Budget announcement. The 18-year-old waited for the announcement on Thursday night hoping that the cutoff mark for TELS would decrease so she could apply. She scored 274 out of 400 during her Year 13 examination.
Sunday 27 March 2022 | 19:30
DAV college year 13 students Monisha Devi (left) and Kushbu Chand celebrate after receiving their Year 13 results from Ministry of Education result centre in Suva. Photo: Ronald Kumar
Kushbu Chand was in tears when she heard the Revised 2021-2022 National Budget announcement.
The 18-year-old waited for the announcement on Thursday night hoping that the cutoff mark for TELS would decrease so she could apply.
She scored 274 out of 400 during her Year 13 examination.
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“I am so grateful to the Government for decreasing the cutoff mark and now I can be one of the students that qualify,” she said.
“My dad works so hard, and I did not want to burden him. When I received my mark and saw that it was below 280, I panicked. I kept hoping that somehow the cutoff mark would decrease, and it did.”
Kushbu has applied for TELS and has her fingers crossed.
“I want to thank the Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and the Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama for producing a Revised Budget for the people,” she said.
“I stayed up to listen to the Revised Budget announcement in the hope that my wish would come true and it did.
“I am forever grateful because now I know that I will graduate and will be able to look after my parents as education will help me lift my family out of poverty.”
Her father, Salesh Chand, who sells Fiji Sun newspapers on the sidewalks of Suva City, thanked the Government for the opportunity given to his daughter and others who scored 250 and above, the opportunity to fulfil their dreams through TELS.
