After the story of the Hyderabad boy, son of a samosa seller, who has cracked JEE Main and secured an All India Rank of 6 posted today only here, now a story of a daily part time wage earner from Manipur who has come fourth in the Class XII exams.
Thounaojam Loyangamba Meitei was washing stone chips at a construction site when he found out that he had come fourth in Manipur's class XII commerce stream examinations.
The part-time daily wage earner, who aspired to become a civil servant, was forced to take up work at an early age to help his family battle poverty.
Meitei scored 346 marks out of a total of 500 in the examinations conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur. He was the sole student from a government institution -- Churachand Higher Secondary School -- to break the traditional grip of the Don Bosco school over the top five spots.
Read more of this on Business Standard web site.
