Daily wage-earner comes fourth in Manipur class XII exams

Thounaojam Loyangamba Meitei was washing stone chips at a construction site when he found out that he had come fourth in Manipur's class XII commerce stream examinations.

The part-time daily wage earner, who aspired to become a civil servant, was forced to take up work at an early age to help his family battle poverty.

At first, couldn't quite believe his ears when his friend called him with the news.

"All that I wanted in the XIIth exams was to do better than my matriculation, when I scored 70.2 per cent," Meitei told

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