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Footballer daughter of illiterate farmers in Jharkhand gets Harvard University admission

Seema Kumari, a footballer graduate of the YUWA class of 2021 has received a full scholarship from the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week

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Seema Kumari, a graduate of the YUWA class of 2021 has received a full scholarship from the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week. Besides, Harvard, Seema was also accepted to Ashoka University, Middlebury College, and Trinity College-Hartford.

This was because the university had just 3.4 percent of applications this year. Besides Harvard’s full scholarship, she was also accepted to Ashoka University, Middlebury College, and Trinity College.

Seema hails from the remote village of Dahu in Ormanjhi, Jharkhand. Her parents, who didn’t receive any formal education, rely on subsistence farming. Her father also works as a labourer at a local thread factory. After joining a Yuwa football team in 2012, Seema has avoided child marriage, defended her right to an education, and played football for years despite being ridiculed for wearing shorts. She will be the first woman in her family to attend a university.

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