Allam Reshetha Reddy is on cloud nine. She can’t wait for September 15 when she will fly to the United Nations headquarters in New York where she, along with nine other students and a delegation of teachers and officials from the School Education Department, will represent the Andhra Pradesh government and speak about various programmes launched in the State to develop the education sector.
A native of Jammunarayanapuram village in Vizianagaram district, Ms. Reshetha was the topper of Municipal High School at Kaspa in SSC examinations. She is one of the 10 students gleaned from the toppers in the tenth class examinations in the State, who will represent the State on various international platforms, during a 12-day visit from September 15 to 27, including the U.N. headquarters, a youth programme in Columbia University, international youth conference in New York, a meeting at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, a meeting with Senator Mark Warner, besides enjoying the sight-seeing.
The other nine students include M. Shivalingamma hailing from Podalakunta village of Kowthalam mandal in Kurnool district, M. Chandralekha from Yatapaka village in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, G. Ganesh Anjana Sai from Valluripalle in Pentapadu mandal in West Godavari district, Dadala Jyotsna from Ramanakkapeta of U. Kothapalli mandal in Kakinada district, C. Rajeswari from Islampeta in Nandyal district, Pasupuleti Gayathri from Vatluru Pedapadu mandal in Eluru district, V. Yogeswar from Chandragiri in Tirupati district, Shaik Ammajan from Mudigubba village in Sri Sathya Sai district and Samala Manaswini from Kondabridi village of Kurupam mandal in Parvathipuram-Manyam district.