The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : She missed getting 100 per cent by a whisker

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She missed getting 100 per cent by a whisker

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PROUD ACHIEVER: Aparna, who scored 99 per cent, at her residence in Bangalore on Monday. — Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

BANGALORE: On Monday morning, like any other Class X student of CBSE stream, Aparna Muralidhar was nervous. A student of Kendriya Vidyalaya (ASC Centre), when she was eagerly waiting to see her results on the Internet around 8 a.m., she thought she would score around 90 per cent and not over that.

When Aparna actually saw her marks, she was "pleasantly" shocked and jumped from her chair. She had scored 100 marks in Mathematics, Sanskrit and Social Sciences, 96 in English and 99 in Science. Her aggregate was 99 per cent and she had scored 495 marks out of 500.

When The Hindu spoke to her, a dazed Aparna said the news was yet to sink in. In the afternoon, the authorities told her she was the joint topper of the Chennai region.

"I worked really hard and I am happy that it has paid off," she said. Her mother Jyothi is a Mathematics teacher in her school. "She always tells me to concentrate well in class. If you do this, half your work is done. I used to study for four to five hours. My mother guided me in revising the portions."

Proud father Muralidhar said: "She is a responsible and self-motivated child and we never pressured her to study. We expected her to do well but not this... We never sent her to tuitions either."

School principal E. Ananthan said that the periodical assessment of the child helped the parents to understand the needs of their wards. "At every parent-teacher meeting, we give a report on the child's progress. Parents were encouraged to discuss with teachers on how to improve the grades of their children. This really helped," he said.

Aparna has joined Kumaran's College and is yet to decide whether she wants to become a "good" doctor or a "good" engineer.

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