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Mohammad Omar, the Kanpur boy who never
missed a class in 14 years
Sunday April 08, 2012 10:47:50 AM,
Mohit Dubey,
IANS
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Kanpur: In a country
where bunking classes is common, a 17-year-old Muslim boy stands
out in stark contrast. He has not missed a single class in 14
years of school life.
Meet Mohammed Omar, student of St Aloysius School who took his
Class 12 exam last month.
Teachers say Omar has not been absent even a single day. Omar told
IANS that he did not do this intentionally initially but was
simply interested in going to school regularly.
But at a later stage when he came to Class 10, he began to ensure
that he did not skip a single day at school.
Son of businessman Mohammed Ikram, who supplies salt to tanneries
in Kanpur, Omar says he would attend school even when his locality
was flooded after rains or when he had high fever.
"If I was unwell I would pop a pill and go the school," he said.
Once his home on Nayi Sadak in Kanpur's Techbagh area was under
knee-deep water. His father's scooter got stalled. He immediately
borrowed a cycle from a labourer to reach the school.
What made him maintain such attendance so religiously?
Omar gives the credit to his doting mother Noor Hashmi, who he
says has always prodded him not to skip school.
"She has always been an inspiration," the boy said, pointing out
that his younger brother - now in Class 10 - too has not missed a
single day at school.
A cricket fan and a music lover, Omar has applied to the Guinness
Book of World Records for his unbroken school attendance of 14
years.
While Omar prefers calling his achievement "Allah ka karam" (grace
of God), his teachers at the school are full of praise for his
dedication.
Pradeep Gupta, one such teacher who helped him fill the online
form for entry into the Guinness book, says he marvels at the boy.
"Hundred percent attendance for four years in school is no mean
achievement," Gupta told IANS.
He said school authorities were in the process of providing
cent-percent attendance certificates to Omar so that these could
be sent to the Guinness office.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
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