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Saturday, May 9, 2009 : 1700 Hrs
Gayathri proves she has it in her bones
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI) Many students have done remarkably wellin the SSLC
examinations in Kerala, the results of which were out on Friday braving odds
of different kind like poverty, lack of facilities in schools and various
ailments.
But the plight of Gayathri, a student of Sreekaryam government school here, was
different. She `wrote' the SSLC examination with the help of another girl
lying on a stretcher.
Stricken with osteoporosis, a condition in which one's bones lose calcium and
break while trying to move, she has been bed-ridden for the last three years.
But a determined Gayathri prepared for the SSLC examination in right earnest
while bearing the excruciating pain and passed out with two A plus, seven A
grade, two A plus and a B grade in the examinations.
Gayathri wrote the exam telling the answers to a ninth class student, after
listening to each question. She now wants to take science as subject for her
higher secondary studies.
She caught the disease as a one-year old, but this got worse in the last three
years. The meagre salary of Gopakumar, a security employee is the only means
of sustenance for the family and he had already spent most of his earnings for
his daughter's treatment.
S Beena, a teacher with a local self-government institution taught Gayathri by
coming to her home twice a week.
On the request of the family and local organisations, Education Minister M A
Baby had arranged a special ambulance with bed to reach Gayathri to the
examination
centre. Mr. Baby visited her home on Friday and offered sweets. He said all
help would be given for her higher studies.
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