Four siblings from the Ghorpade Peth-based Jadhav family have created a record of sorts by being part of the 0.77% successful students who have passed the 26th state eligibility test.
Four siblings from the Ghorpade Peth-based Jadhav family have created a record of sorts by being part of the 0.77% successful students who have passed the 26th state eligibility test (SET), the results of which were announced earlier this month.
The Jadhavs’ achievement is significant particularly because only 336 of the 43,568 students who gave the examinations conducted by the University of Pune (UoP) in Maharashtra and Goa were declared successful.
Not surprisingly, the Jadhavs are a highly academic-intensive family. Oldest sibling, brother Tushar (29) who is a Masters in law, has also topped the UoP in history. He is presently preparing for his Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations and wants to become an IAS officer.
The second eldest sibling, Gayatri (26), also a Masters in law, is a Maharashtra Finance and Accounts Service (MFAS) officer, while the youngest siblings, twins, Deepti and Trupti, are both Masters in sociology and are preparing for their UPSC examinations.
Sitting comfortably in their cosy apartment in Ghorpade Peth, the Jadhav siblings told DNA they were all keen to become civil servants and had appeared for the SET examinations to prepare themselves for the UPSC examinations in June this year.
The siblings credited their love for academics to their parents, mother Kamal, a retired additional superintendent of police and father, Tukaram, a retired government official. They also thanked their respective schools in instilling a sense of discipline in them. Tushar is an alumnus of the Bishop’s School and his sisters are all alumni of St Helena’s School.
Gayatri told DNA, “To succeed in the SET examinations, we wrote precise answers keeping the word limit in mind. We also took care to present our individual point of view succinctly for the subjective answers.”
Deepti, one of the twins, attributed their success to the careful reading of the 10 newspapers that the Jadhavs subscribe to every day.
The other special quality of the Jadhav siblings is that they have not enrolled for any tuition classes for even their UPSC preparation. “We study together at home and help each other. The secret is to make micro notes, as it helps revision and our group discussions,” Tushar said.
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