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Students felicitated for excellence

Staff Reporter

120 of them given prizes

Haripriya Sameeksha gets two-wheeler
Other winners receive cash, scroll

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Sahodaya Schools Complex, an association of private schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), on Sunday felicitated students who had excelled in the board examinations.

In all, 120 students of classes X and XII from 79 associated schools were given prizes.

Tadepalli Haripriya Sameeksha, a student of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home (CBSE), who came first in Class XII with 95.2 per cent received a two-wheeler. Shantanu Vithaldas from the same school came second with a score of 95 per cent.

In the commerce stream, Mekhala Bala of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home (CBSE) received a cash prize of Rs. 3,000. She secured 94.4 per cent, while Lakshminarayanan of Venkat International Public School came second.

In the Class X Board examination, three students from Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya emerged as toppers. Lalitha M.N., Rakshith Sharma S. and Shruthi H.S. each secured 97.2 per cent and received a cash prize of Rs. 3,000 each and a scroll.

In Class X, 29 students scored 100 marks in Sanskrit and 20 students scored 100 marks in mathematics. They received a cash prize of Rs. 1,000 each.

Niranjan S., a student of Sri Vani Education Centre and the topper in computer science in Class XII, said that the day was special as his family was present at the function.

“This recognition has given me the confidence to do well in the future,” he said.

H.R. Radhakrishna Rao, Head of Physics Department, Christ College, delivered the keynote address.

He spoke on the importance of learning with understanding.

He also spoke on the disadvantages of rote learning and how it would affect the students when they went to higher classes.

N. Nagaraju, Regional Officer, CBSE, Chennai, lauded the effort of the association and told the principals that they should believe that education was not confined to just the curriculum and securing marks.

“Rather, it is more about learning concepts that help solve real life problems. And in the process, inculcating and exercising thinking skills plays a critical role,” he said.

V. Kovai Chelvan, senior vice-president, TVS Motors, gave away the prizes to the students.

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