Boy Appears For SSC Exam Hours After Conducting His Father's Last Rites In Latur

In Latur, Maharashtra, a Class 10 student garnered widespread admiration for his resolve to take the SSC exams just hours after conducting the final rites for his father.

Class 10 boy appears for Maharashtra SSC exam after father's last rites. (Representative Image)

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Latur: In Latur, Maharashtra, a Class X student garnered widespread admiration as he bravely appeared for the SSC exams on Friday, shortly after conducting the final rites for his father. The sudden demise of Rushikesh's father, Ramnath Puri, occurred on Thursday evening in their ancestral village of Dhalegaon in Ahmedpur tehsil, news agency PTI quoted an official as saying.

"Rushikesh resides with his maternal uncle at Bori-Salgara village in Latur tehsil as he studies in Rajiv Gandhi Vidyalaya, while his examination centre was at Zilla Parishad Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Bori village," he said.

"On Thursday evening, he went to Dhalegaon village after getting to know about his father's death. The last rites were performed on Friday morning. Since his exam centre was 100 kilometres away from Dhalegoan and he would not have been able to reach there, Latur Divisional Board President Sudhakar Telang and Group Education Officer Babanrao Dhokade ensured he wrote the exam in the village itself," he said.

Everyone praised Rushikesh for the resolve he showed to sit for the exams despite losing his father, the official added.

Officials said that the SSC exams, commencing across the state on Friday, proceeded smoothly in all 153 centers in Latur, with no untoward incidents, except for a single instance of copying.

"A total of 39,071 students appeared for the exams. A case of copying was detected in Bori village centre in Latur tehsil. The Latur Divisional Board and Department of Secondary Education had appointed 29 flying squads to curb irregularities," an official said.

"In Latur tehsil, the exam was taken by 14,065 students across 51 centers. In Ausa, 3,104 students were examined at 13 centers, while 4,001 students appeared at 16 centers in Nilanga. Shirur Anantpal saw 843 students across four centers and in Devani, 1,293 students were examined across six centers. In Udgir, 6,069 students were distributed among 25 centers, whereas Jalkot had 1,002 students across four centers. Ahmedpur recorded 4,644 students across 19 centers and in Renapur taluka, 1,795 students appeared at six centers," he said.