After returning from working in India for two years, a young man from Achham has studied health assistant and appeared in seven Public Service Commission exams since 2081.
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A 23-year-old youth from Achham, who left his studies in the 9th grade at the age of 13 and went to India, has passed the Public Service Commission exams in seven places in the same year.
After working in India for two years, he returned and completed his Health Assistant (HA) studies and prepared for the public service. From December 2081 to August 2082, he has applied for seven positions in the Commission.
Lokendra Bohara, 23, of Mangalsen Municipality-4, Nawabis, has applied for seven Public Service Commission examinations in a year. In December 2081, he took the Commission examination for the Gandaki Province AHEB (fourth level) for the first time. Lokendra, who passed on his first attempt, passed all seven Commission examinations given in a year. He has been working as a Health Assistant (fifth level) at Kalikot District Hospital since August 20.
The results released by the commission have named Koshi Pradesh Health Assistant (Level 5), Gandaki Pradesh Health Assistant (Level 5), Koshi Pradesh AHEB (Level 4), Nepal Police Technical Police Assistant Director (CMA) (Level 4) and Federal Public Service Commission National Examination Monitoring (Health Assistant) Level 5 respectively.
Bohra, who passed the seven exams of the commission, belongs to a normal family. He studied till Grade 6 at Radha Secondary School in Mangalsen Municipality-4 and till Grade 9 at Shodsha Secondary School in Ward 5 before moving to India. 'After Grade 9, I didn't feel like studying. I had given up thinking I couldn't study,' says Lokendra, 'I didn't even feel like sitting in class. I used to sit on the back bench. When I thought I couldn't study, I left my studies in Grade 9 and went to India to work at the age of 13.' Lokendra has 4 siblings. The eldest brother lives in India. Lokendra, who went to India on his trust, got a cleaning job in a bookstore in Pune. ‘I was paid 6,000 rupees per month. I suffered a lot for two years. I even regretted quitting my studies,’ Lokendra said, ‘I never thought I would study again. My mother and brother started calling me to come home and study even for our sake.’
His brother Arjun Bohra, who works as a health assistant, also dreamed of his brother studying and getting a government job. ‘One day, my brother should study.’ He said, ‘Go back home.’ Working in India was also sad. I returned home from there,’ Lokendra said, recalling his arrival in Nepal from India, ‘I felt ashamed to study again in the school I had left in the 9th grade.’ I used to think that my younger siblings would tease me.'
Lokendra did his SEE in 2076 from Tribhuvan Secondary School in Gaushala, Mahottari. 'My brother's job was in Mahottari, so I went there too. Due to Covid, the school had given me the SEE marks after internal evaluation,' he said. 'After SEE, I studied health assistant for three years in Dhangadhi.'
Health assistant brother Arjun was working in Bardibas, Mahottari at that time. 'My brother called me to study there in grade 9. Since I was weak in mathematics and English, I studied under my brother's supervision,' he said. 'If my brother had not called me to study, I would have been working in India now.' I gave up studying at the age of 13 and went to India. Now, studying has become my addiction.'
Lokendra said that when he returned home for a meeting after taking the final exam of HA, he went to Kathmandu to prepare for the next time only after getting a civil service appointment. In 2080 Pus, he started studying in a hostel in Kathmandu to prepare for the license and civil service. After passing the license exam in his first attempt in 2081 Jestha, he started preparing for the civil service. 'I stopped meeting friends, social media, and relatives. I didn't go home even on Dashain-Tihar. Since I was not good at studying since childhood, I felt that I should work harder than others,' he said.
He said that he studied in all the libraries in the Kathmandu Valley, including the Kathmandu Library, Keshar Mahal, and Nepal Library. He said that he used to write and paste civil service preparation materials on the walls of the hostel room where he lived. ‘I didn’t think I would get my name in all these places. If I continue my studies and have confidence, it won’t be difficult to pass the civil service.’
Lokendra, who appeared in seven civil service exams in the written form, gave interviews in only three places. First, he appeared in the fifth position in Gandaki Province and was selected in the alternative position in the interview. Second, he passed the Gandaki Province AHEB and was posted in Raghuganga Rural Municipality of Myagdi.
At that time, after his name appeared in the interview for the Health Assistant (5th) position in Karnali Province, he did not go to Myagdi. Then, he did not go to the Koshi Province Health Assistant, Koshi Province AHEB, and Nepal Police Technical Assistant Inspector (CMA) for the interview. ‘I have appeared in the Karnali Province and am currently working at the Kalikot District Hospital. I decided to work here because it was close to home. He is preparing to give an interview for the Health Assistant (Level 5) of the Federal Public Service Commission.
His father died of a heart attack while working in India, so he had to live a difficult life. His brother Arjun said that his dream of educating his brother and getting him a government job in Nepal has come true. ‘My father died of a heart attack while working in India.’ Our family’s happiness was robbed in India, said Arjun, ‘I could not see my brother working for others in India as a child. I called him to study and taught him in Mahottari. By continuously serving the public service, my and my mother’s dreams have also come true. Happiness has returned to the family.’
