According to the latest reports, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sanitation worker, Kunchikorve Mashanna Ramappa (50) appeared for the Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam 2022 and was able to crack the same in his first attempt.
Based on accounts, Ramappa scored 54, 57, 54, 52, 53, and 59 in Marathi, Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science respectively.
Dasvi Pass!
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) June 20, 2022
He is 50. A BMC sanitation worker by day and a school student at Universal Night School in Dharavi by night. We are proud to announce that Kunchikorve Mashanna Ramappa has scored 57% in #SSCExam
We salute his passion & perseverance #AceInBMC pic.twitter.com/dKfXAVa11p
It has been reported that he works in the civic body's sanitation department in the B ward. Ramappa has reportedly been working with the BMC as a sweeper for over 20 years now. Moreover, three years before the exam he enrolled in Dharavi's Universal Night School in grade eight to prepare.
During his conversation with news agency ANI, Ramappa elaborated on how attained 57 per cent by studying for three hours daily. He added that he wishes to continue his studies and finish his grade 12 too. After having attained good marks in the SSC exams, he looks to study further.
Mumbai: 50-year-old BMC sweeper Kunchikorve Mashanna Ramappa passes the 10th board examination in his first attempt
— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2022
"I got 57%. I studied daily for 3 hours. My kids are graduates so they also helped me in my studies. I want to continue my studies and complete 12th also," he says pic.twitter.com/vPenUZUVPD
Further, he elucidated that every evening after his work hours, he went to school from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. While he was not able to study during his childhood, his children who are graduates now, helped him in his academics.
On the one hand, while he is happy to have cleared his grade 10 board exams, he now wishes to inspire others to take academics seriously.
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