Maharashtra SSC Result 2022: 43-Year-Old Pune Man Clears Class 10 Boards, Son Fails
Bhaskar Waghmare, who was forced to quit school after Class 7 and take up a job to sustain his family, was keen to resume studies and clear his boards.
New Delhi: A 43-year-old man from Pune, who had appeared for the Class 10 Maharashtra board examinations this year, cleared the exam, while his son failed. The results of the annual Class 10 exams conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education were declared on Friday.
According to a report by news agency PTI, Bhaskar Waghmare, who was forced to quit school after Class 7 and take up a job to sustain his family, was keen to resume studies and clear his boards. After a gap of 30 years, he had appeared for the exams this year along with his son.
“I always wanted to study more, but could not do so earlier because of family responsibilities and to earn to sustain our livelihood," PTI quoted Waghmare, a resident of Babasaheb Ambedkar Dias Plot in Pune city as saying.
"Since sometime, I was keen on resuming studies and doing some courses which would help me in earning more. Hence, I had decided to appear for the Class 10 exams. My son was also appearing for the exams this year, and this helped me," he said.
Waghmare said that he used to prepare for the exams after his work. Though he is happy about his success, he is upset over his son’s performance.
"I will support my son in taking up the supplementary exams (conducted for students who have failed in some subjects) and I am hopeful he will clear them,” he said.
Waghmare’s son Sahil had mixed feelings.
"I am happy that my father did what he always wanted to do. But I will also not give up. I will prepare for the supplementary exams and try to clear the papers,” he said.
As per reports, the overall pass percentage this year was 96.94 per cent. The Konkan division saw the highest pass percentage at 99.27, while Nashik was at the bottom with 95.90 per cent.
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