Hailing from a remote village Kudlung of Purulia district (P.S. Barabazar), Joydev has scored 564 marks (80.56%) in the Secondary Examination this year. Individual scores in some of the major subjects are Mathematics-96, Physical Science- 75, Life Science-97, History-83, and Geography-73. His father Babulal Gorai is a marginal farmer. Joydev finds it extremely difficult with his father’s meager income to study Science and become an ‘Ideal Teacher’. He has three brothers and sisters who are also studying.