Financial burden sits heavy on Ukhrul Arts topper
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik

Ukhrul, May 28 2017: Ngalayam Longpinao from Choithar village, Ukhrul who scored the highest mark in Arts stream from Ukhrul district in the Higher Secondary Examination conducted by COHSEM, far from celebrating her excellent performance in the examination, is today despondent and a frustrated young lady due to the immense financial burden the family has to undergo for her higher education.

For the record, Longpinao scored 79.4 pc in the examination and if calculated with her optional subject, which is Political Science, her percentage stands at 86.2. A product of Savio Higher Secondary School, Awungtang, Ukhrul, she shifted to Ukhrul for her studies from her village at Choithar in Class VIII and all these years her parents have been bending backwards to meet her educational expenses.

Speaking to this correspondent, the young girl said that she had to burn the mid night oil to get through the exam in flying colours and credited her mother for her unstinted support.

"Many a time my mother would console and encourage me whenever I felt disheartened and thought of giving up studies due to the financial trouble the family had to undergo for my education," she added.

After COHSEM declared the Class XII results, she approached her relatives and near and dear ones for financial assistance to pursue her higher education.

Despite the financial hardships the family has to bear, Longpinao said she will continue with her studies and her ultimate aim is to crack the civil services exam.

At the moment she is planning to pursue her higher studies from one of the metro cities and earn by the side to finance her education.

She also plans to go in for distance learning at the Master's level.

The second last among seven siblings, her parents are cultivators.

During holidays, she goes to her village to earn daily wages and help her parents.

As Choithar is not so far from Ukhrul town, she sometimes go to the village after school to collect vegetables and sell them to meet her necessary school expenditure.

She began her schooling in the village, and from Class- VII onward shifted to Ukhrul town for her education.

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