Satyanarayan Safi, from a poor and Dalit community, is worried about having to cover other expenses for his studies even though he secured a full scholarship in the MBBS entrance exam.
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Sripur village is located in Bariyarpatti Rural Municipality-2 of Siraha. A crowd of people is gathering in a thatched hut in this village to congratulate Satyanarayan Safi, a member of the Dalit community.
The reason for this is the success that Satyanarayan has achieved despite deprivation, problems and poverty. Safi, who was selected with a full scholarship in the MBBS entrance examination conducted by the Medical Education Commission on 15 Kartik, has emerged as an example of continuous hard work, struggle and success.
Satyanarayan, a member of the Dalit community, has a house and a house in the name of property. His father, Madhuri Safi, was in foreign employment until three years ago. After that, he returned home and started working here. Madhuri has a wife, three daughters and two sons.
The eldest son, Satyanarayan, did his SEE in 2077 from the village's Janata Secondary (Technical) School, Bariyarpatti.
Encouraged by good marks in SEE, he passed class 12 in science from Araniko School in Biratnagar in 2079. After that, he had a hunger to study MBBS. He did not have financial status, but Satyanarayan had confidence. He went to Kathmandu in 2080 to prepare. However, due to financial problems, he had to return to the village within two months.
After that, he started working in the construction sector in the village with his parents. He had been working as a laborer for 2 years. ‘I used to go to work at 8 am, sometimes I would take tiffin with me, sometimes I would come home and eat. I would return from work at 5 pm. After finishing my housework, I would study for 6-7 hours from 6 pm to 12-1 am,’ said Satyanarayan. ‘Even though I worked, my main priority was studying, because I was working just to study.’
With the money I earned from labor, I bought books and started self-studying. And, I managed to get a scholarship in the Medical Education Commission entrance exam. This was the second time I had taken the exam. ‘My results from the first exam I took in 2081 did not come, due to some technical error. This is a strange thing for us, but despite poverty, I believe that anything can be achieved with perseverance, patience and dedication,' said Satyanarayan. 'I tried, the dream turned into a reality, all the credit for this goes to my parents.'
After mother Sunita borrowed 80 thousand from a neighbor, Satyanarayan enrolled in Rapti Institute of Health Sciences, Dang, on 28th December. 64 and a half thousand have been spent on college fees. Satyanarayan and his family are happy but also worried after being able to study MBBS on a scholarship. Even if they get a scholarship, apart from the tuition fees, they have to spend a lot on accommodation, food, transportation, and study materials. It costs at least 1.5 million rupees to complete their studies.
The family, which has been earning a living by working as daily wage laborers, is worried about how to meet these expenses. 'We are a family that earns all day and provides food for the evening, for us it is like a dream, yet we do not back down after our son makes a name for himself,' said Sunita.
Some of those who came to congratulate him have provided financial support, while others have pledged to provide support. However, Satyanarayan feels that it would be easier to study if the government provided financial support. ‘We are grateful to the people who helped,’ he said, ‘but it would be difficult to do it alone, the government should have also looked into it.’
