Wheel-Chair Bound Girl Clears Class X Exams With Flying Colours Despite Losing Her Dad Recently

A student needs constant guidance from parents, and teachers and a healthy environment at home to study and excel in exams. However, Fathima Hania Samah, a student of Ansar English Medium School, Bajpe, didn't receive any of that but still managed to pass her SSLC exam by scoring 363 out of 625 marks.

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Fathima Hania Samah is suffering from a medical condition called ‘spina bafida’ (meningomyelocele) since birth. Due to this, she requires a wheelchair to move around. Unfortunately, she lost her father also some time back and was finding it difficult to attend her online classes during the pandemic. She, however, refused to give up and scored good marks in her exams.

Wheel Chair Bound Girl Clears Class X Exams With Flying Colours Despite Losing Her Dad Recently

How did she do it?

She studied on her own for two years. She couldn't attend a single SSLC class in person but used to borrow old notes and books from her friends to study. She had to battle with more challenges when she lost her dad to a heart attack but continued to study, as per a report.

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Her mother is a teacher in the same school.

How did she write the exams?

According to Sudhakar K, DDPI, Dakshina Kannada, she would sit alone in a wheelchair and write examinations. She wouldn't even take the help of a scribe to write her exam.

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