Twin sisters from Ulhasnagar score above 99% in 10th exams, aim to become doctors
Both twin sisters, whose parents are somehow educating their daughters by doing small jobs, want to become doctors. However, due to the financial situation, their father, Sunder Nandani, and mother, Jaywanti, found the desire of their two daughters a difficult path.
The recent excellent result of the twin sisters in the recently declared 10th result now gives them hope that their daughters will be able to fulfil their dream of becoming doctors.
Sunder mentioned that a Kalyan-based class also came forward to bear the expenses of both daughters for the preparation of the NEET exam required to get admission for doing MBBS.
Both the girls, Disha and Neha, said that even though the financial condition of their parents was weak, they never let any shortage affect their studies. According to their mother, Jaywanti, apart from the Holy Family School, the Christi classes in Ulhasnagar also contributed a lot to the education of the girls.
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They gave them the opportunity to pay the fees in many instalments, which enabled them to succeed in educating them.
Both twin sisters said that they used to study for four hours a day apart from school and class, and they were confident that they would get good marks. They are happy that both of them got more than 99 percent marks.
Sunder told TOI, "I lost my job in Covid, after which my wife started making sweets at home. Both of us are now making and selling sweets, running our livelihood by doing the same, and also managing the education of the children." He further said, "Due to my daughters' ambition of becoming doctors, earlier we were worried about how we would bear their further education expenses. But due to their good marks, a class has come forward to bear their NEET preparation.
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On Wednesday, when the local BJP MLA Kumar Ailani came to know about these twin girls, he facilitated them and offered both girls and their parents all possible help if needed.
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