Jiya added how supportive his parents were in his final year at school. “My parents were a huge part of my support structure in the previous year, especially when I needed data and airtime they made sure I always had that because they did not want me to perform poorly and blame it on the pandemic,” he said. Due to not having adequate resources, he frequently listened to the radio on his phone to hear any important announcements made by the department of education regarding school matters and studied from online videos he would download. “During the hard lockdown, I preferred to study alone rather than in a group so that I could study certain topics thoroughly at my own pace.”