From Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 3: Kitdor Lang Ngdup and Anamika Ghosh, two students from Meghalaya, have emerged as inspiring achievers in the SSLC examinations conducted in faraway Mysore.
What sets them apart is not just their academic success, but their remarkable journey—both had once worked as labourers and opted for Kannada as their first language and Sanskrit as their third, while writing their answers in English.
Both Ngdup and Ghosh had discontinued formal education after Class VIII. However, they defied the odds to make a strong comeback.
Ngdup, who worked as a labourer until two years ago, scored an impressive 539 marks. He had studied up to Class VIII in a school run by the Pejawar Mutt in Mysore, where he also resided as an inmate.
He dropped out of school at the age of 14 but later resumed his education with the dream of becoming a computer scientist.
Anamika Ghosh, who hails from Rilbong in Meghalaya, secured 374 marks. She lost her mother while she was still in high school, which led her to pause her education before starting afresh.
She now plans to pursue higher studies in the humanities stream.
Both students received support from Kaliyuva Mane, an informal school in Mysore run by a reputed charitable trust.
The institution is dedicated to helping underprivileged students complete key milestones such as SSLC and PUC.