pune monica telang was just 15 years old when her parents arranged her marriage and she moved to pune with her husband when he passed away in 2015 her work as a waste picker was the only way to earn a living for herself and her two kids she never thought of going back to school till the lockdown hit and her sons school started sending his reading material to her cellphone when the results were announced both monica and her son passed with 518 and 64 respectively jayesh navgire 16 lives with his elder sister and mother mandakini who is a waste picker his father deserted the family 14 years ago to support her childrens education mandakini works multiple jobs jayesh scored 64 in standard x when the lockdown struck it was hard for me to study as we had no cellphone i really worked hard in standard x i will take up commerce and would like to do business said jayeshsonali rathod 17 does not remember her parents they passed away when i was young i have stayed at the maher ashram since my standard 1 i want to complete my standard xi and xii in science and take up bsc nursing said rathod she scored 65sandhya ohol 15 scored 834 in standard x a student at modern school for girls sandhya said she wants to apply for science stream in standard xi my father is a wastepicker and mother is a housewife i am the first person in my family to pass standard x said oholthe official note from kagad kach patra kashtakari panchayat kkpkp said we urge schools to be more proactive in supporting such children they still face many issues like bureaucratic hassles discrimination and at times lack of academic support