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The Hindu-NIE schools score high

Staff Reporter

Several schools covered by the programme boast excellent results in SSLC, CBSE, ICSE and ISC examinations.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Leading city schools that are associated with The Hindu-Newspaper in Education (NIE) programme have achieved excellent results in the SSLC, CBSE, ICSE and ISC examinations held recently. Here is a list of some of the schools and the top performers.

SSLC

At Holy Angels Convent School, of the 417 candidates who wrote the examination, 30 students secured A plus grades. It is after a gap of nine years that the school has recorded hundred per cent pass in the Class X examination. “Till last year, our pass percentage was hovering around 99.8 per cent with one or two students failing in a few subjects every year,” said Kochu Theresia, vice-principal of the school.

“Right from the beginning of the academic year we have been providing special coaching for students who were perceived as weak in certain subjects,” said Sr. Theresia. Our teachers also took extra effort to ascertain whether any student has been lagging behind in studies due to personal reasons. Such students were then provided counselling along with their parents by the teachers,” said Sr. Theresia.

According to her, there has also been an increase in the total number of A plus grades which the school received. “We are expecting this to go up further after re-valuation,” she said.

In the school’s CBSE stream, of the 46 students who wrote the examination 35 received distinctions and 11, first classes.

CBSE

At Christ Nagar Senior Secondary School, Thiruvallom, of the 79 students who appeared for the Class XII examination 69 passed with distinctions and 10 secured first class.

Sreevas S. with 94 per cent and Nabeel Thaha with 93 per cent were the toppers in the school.

In Class X, of the 71 students who appeared, 51 registered distinctions and 20, first classes. Gokul S. Valluthottam with 94 per cent was the top scorer while Sreenisha K. with 93.5 per cent came second.

Principal Mathew Thengumpally said that the school had been consistently achieving excellent results.

“Our teachers monitor the performance of the students on a regular basis. We also provide personalised attention to students who are weak in subjects such as mathematics and English,” said Fr. Thengumpally adding that the school had bettered its performance in the previous year.

ISC/ICSE

At Holy Angel’s School, Nanthancode, Sharanya G.S. secured the highest marks in the ISC (commerce stream) examination with 95.6 per cent, followed by Sherin Jose with 95.4 per cent and Maria Thomas (science stream) with 94 per cent. Of the 115 students who wrote the ISC examination, 100 secured distinctions.

Minu Catherine Abraham topped with 96.8 per cent in the ICSE examination, while Nanditha Sankar and Sanjana Suresh Kumar scored 96.4 per cent.

In the ICSE section, of the 133 students who sat the examinations, 109 secured distinction.

At Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, all students who appeared for the ISC examination secured first class, while all those who appeared for the ICSE examination secured a distinction.

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