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Waste Picker Families Post Strong SSC Results in Pune

Community programs, including night schools, enabled these scores.

Overview

  • Following Friday's SSC results, KKPKP said 84% of 199 students from waste‑picker families passed in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
  • Top performers included Khushi Khupte with 89% through self-study and Sarthak Chandanshive with 86.6% after his family migrated for schooling.
  • Three women linked to SWaCH cleared Class 10 through night school, including Archana Ghodke who passed alongside her son with 60% and 54%.
  • Students studied without private tuition, shared tight spaces and balanced house work or waste collection, yet they kept steady routines and sought help from teachers.
  • Local groups handled admissions, Form 17 external entries and evening classes, opening a gateway exam that shapes access to junior college and career options.