{"id":7487,"date":"2025-09-26T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenamart.com\/phdma\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:41:58","slug":"santoshini-behera-pursuing-higher-education-with-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/santoshini-behera-pursuing-higher-education-with-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Santoshini Behera \u2013 Pursuing Higher Education with Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy journey has been shaped by both professional experience and education,\u201d says <strong>Santoshini Behera<\/strong> from G. Udayagiri, Odisha. After completing nursing, I realized the importance of higher education to broaden my career opportunities and make a greater social impact. Working in nursing gave me valuable life skills, financial independence, and clarity about my goals.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to <strong>Kalinga Mahavidyalaya, Kandhamal<\/strong> to pursue my Undergraduate degree was made possible with the constant support of my family, the accessibility of the college, and the guidance provided under the <strong>OHEEPE program<\/strong>. The program helped me improve my academic planning, understand modern technology applications, and provided mentorship that strengthened my confidence in balancing professional experience with higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Being part of this learning environment, combined with OHEEPE support, motivated me to aim higher. I hope my journey inspires other students to leverage professional experience and programs like OHEEPE to achieve their educational and career aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy journey has been shaped by both professional experience and education,\u201d says Santoshini Behera from G. Udayagiri, Odisha. After completing nursing, I realized the importance of higher education to broaden my career opportunities and make a greater social impact. Working in nursing gave me valuable life skills, financial independence, and clarity about my goals. Returning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-higher-education","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8187,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions\/8187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phdma.qwegle.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}