NASHIK: Rani Ithape, a visually impaired  daughter of a farmer from the Paithan taluka of Aurangabad  district who studies at the National Association for the  Blind (Nab) at Nashik topped the school with  81.4% marks in SSC.
Ithape, who has been  visually impaired since birth, wishes to pursue a career in  teaching. She wants to spread the light of knowledge and  help everyone — especially the visually impaired — just like  she got help from others. Both her parents are farmers and  her brother is pursuing his graduation.

I have been studying at the Nab unit since Class I and have  been staying in the hostel. The teachers treated us as students. Instead, they nurtured us like their own children. That is why I would like to be a teacher so that I can ‘pay it forward’ to others,” Ithape told TOI over the phone.

  Rani also owes her success to her grandfather as she  remembers how he came to drop her  said.
Ithape is one of the eight Nab students to appear  for the exam. All eight students have successfully cleared  the same. The students bagged between 74 and 81.4% marks.  While Ithape bagged 81.4%, followed by Vaishali Ambapure  (79.6%), Nikita Sherkar (77.8%), Arti Raghude (77.4%),  Girija Pathve (77 %), Renuka Nimbare (76.4%) and Prateeksha   Shinde (75.4%).
Three Covid  orphans clear exams in Nashik district who had lost their parents to Covid, cleared their SSC exams.  All three of them are boys and come from Satana, Sinnar and  Niphad talukas, authorities from the women and child welfare  department said.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/rani-ithape-of-national-association-of-blind-nashik-bags-81-wants-to-teach/articleshow/92290746.cms