Sayma
Age: 16

“I find Political Science very interesting. It tells me about what’s happening across the country, what the political atmosphere is like around the world and how past instances shaped the world as it is today. I have four brothers and four sisters. There was a bit of a financial crisis when all nine of us were studying and our father was the only one supporting us. However, it’s all sorted now. I’m the youngest, and more or less everybody in the family is now settled. All of us studied as much as we wanted to. I believe that education is extremely important for my personal development and that knowledge is key to getting ahead in life.”

– As told to Tania Goklany. She met Sayma at Samiksha Shiksha Sanstha in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar.