There is no kind of barrier for pursuing education, rich or poor, young or old everyone can be a learner. It is the passion that drives one to learn even the difficult to difficult things.
Meet Ramjal Meena who is a normal security guard in Jawaharlal Nehru University and cracked the entrance exam to study Russian. He is the perfect example who proves that neither age nor wealth can take away the zeal of learning things.
Ramjal Meena was a security guard in the same university and surprised everyone with his marvelous hard work and passion towards what he believes the most. Meena used to prepare for the exams before and after his work hours.
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He graduated from Rajasthan University in political Science just a year ago, now he is a student in the Jawaharlal Nehru University in BA Russian (Hons).
In an interview, Meena said, “What makes JNU different is that people here do not believe in the social hierarchy. Everyone — teachers and students — encouraged me; now they congratulate me. I feel like I have become famous overnight,” Son of a daily wager, Meena attended a government school in his village Bhajera. However, he had to discontinue his education later. “The nearest college was 28-30 km away. Moreover, I had to work to help my father too,”
“Though I got really busy addressing my family financial issues, the regret of not joining a regular college was always there. But when I saw the academic environment here, the dream was revived,” he said. Meena prepared for the entrance exam between and after duty hours.
He also shared how he prepared for the entrance exams and said, “I follow newspapers through apps on my phone. Besides, students also helped me get PDF notes.”He has other passions as well to follow, he dreams of visiting other places and that is why he is willing to study a foreign language.
“I have heard those who study foreign languages get to visit foreign countries. Moreover, I want to try my luck in civil services,” he said.
But it never an easy job being a father of three daughters in India earning 15,000 a month and that too he is alone earner in the family.
In the same regard, Meena said “I am the sole earner and my wife is concerned about money. There is a rule that one cannot pursue regular education with work at JNU. I will request for night shifts,” said Meena.
Naveen Yadav, JNU chief security officer, said, “We are proud of him. But working night shifts with regular college is not possible. We will, however, extend all help possible to him.”
Congratulating and appreciating Meena the Vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said, “We have always encouraged students from diverse backgrounds. We nurture them by providing them critical thinking ability.”