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Rohini Gurjar Ranks Second After Returning to Studies
Rohini Gurjar had stopped studying for many years after finishing college.
After her husband died, she decided to study again, with encouragement from her brother and grandmother-in-law.
She prepared for a difficult government examination and missed the mains cutoff in her first attempt.
Before her next exam, her grandmother-in-law died.
Then her elder daughter died shortly before the test, and Gurjar was also injured in a road accident.
Her family encouraged her to take the exam, and she decided to do so for the future of her younger daughter.
She passed the Rajasthan Administrative Service examination and ranked second in the MBC widow category.
She says she wants girls to have more chances to study and move forward.
Rohini Gurjar secured second rank in the MBC widow category in the Rajasthan Public Service Commission’s RAS 2024 examination.
She was allotted a post in the Rajasthan Accounts Service.
After completing her BA in 2006, Gurjar returned to studying in late 2021 after nearly 15 years away from education.
She continued preparing despite the deaths of her husband and elder daughter, and an accident that left her injured.
Gurjar says she hopes her achievement will challenge conservative attitudes and encourage girls to pursue education.
- Who
- Rohini Gurjar, an Ajmer resident.
- What
- She ranked second in the MBC widow category in the RAS 2024 examination and was allotted the Rajasthan Accounts Service.
- Where
- Ajmer, Rajasthan.
- When
- The result concerns the RAS 2024 examination; the article does not state when it was announced.
- Why
- Gurjar resumed studying after her husband’s death and says she wants to help secure her younger daughter’s future and encourage girls’ education.
Key facts
- Examination
- Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) 2024
- Rank
- Second in the MBC widow category
- Allocation
- Rajasthan Accounts Service
- Education break
- Nearly 15 years
- BA completed
- 2006
- Return to studies
- Late 2021
- Elder daughter’s death
- June 29, 2024
Quotes
Rohini Gurjar
RAS candidate who placed second in the MBC widow category
“I remained depressed for nearly six months. I could not understand how everything had changed so suddenly or how I would take care of myself and my daughters,”
NDTV
“I looked at my younger daughter and thought that I had to take the exam. If I became something in life, only then could I secure her future,”
NDTV
Sources
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