Education

Tribal family in Odisha sees five children pursue medical careers

Hindustan Times2h
THE BRIEF
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Three more members of an impoverished tribal family from Kandhamal district have cleared the NEET exam, bringing the total to five doctors or medical students.

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The eldest son, Bibhisan Naiak, who financed studies partly through tutoring and loans, became the first in his family to secure an MBBS seat.

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The family's parents, a migrant agricultural worker and a homemaker, sustained the children through farming and below-poverty-line welfare schemes.