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Two stories on further education. <\/p>\n

One is about a 12th standard topper who quits formal education<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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…Urvi Pithadia, 17, has been forced to discontinue her studies just a week after joining junior college. Nobody there volunteered to help the wheelchair-bound girl in and out of classrooms and elevators.<\/p>\n

Urvi is suffering from muscular dystrophia, a genetic disorder which weakens muscles. It’s impossible for her to move around on her own.<\/p>\n

After her SSC triumph, she enrolled herself at SNDT’s College of Arts in Vile Parle. “Even though there was elevator facility at the college, Urvi required someone to push her wheelchair. There were college maids, but none of them ever helped Urvi even to the restroom. She felt utterly helpless and was so depressed, that we thought it was better for her to discontinue studies,” her mother, Mita, told DNA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 The second <\/strong><\/a>is about a girl who never recovered from the injuries inflicted by her teacher because she didn't want tuitions..<\/p>\n

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 Rinky Kaushik, who was allegedly beaten by her teacher for refusing private tuitions, has died after remaining in coma for three months.<\/p>\n

A teacher of the Dinkar Model School, Dhirendra Kumar Dinkar had allegedly thrashed her with a stick after she refused to attend his tuition classes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 I am speechless <\/strike>wordless. I can't even rant. WTF, WTF, WTF ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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