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SSLC toppers among Corporation school students

Deepa H Ramakrishnan

Photo: M. Vedhan

Moment of glory: Mayor M.Subramanian felicitating SSLC topper among Corporation school students D. Agalyatharani at the Ripon Building on Saturday. The second rank holder Zarina Begum, third rank holder P.Aparna (left) and Chennai Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni are in the picture. —

CHENNAI: The SSLC topper among Chennai Corporation school students D. Agalyatharani of Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at Nungambakkam missed a few marks in the Social Sciences paper. “The paper was tough this time. I missed out a centum by two marks.” She got centum in Mathematics and Science.

Having scored 490/500, she plans to take up the first group in Plus-I and then do her B.Tech. The daughter of a P.G. teacher in chemistry, she said her teachers ensured that all of them attended special classes and took a lot of tests.

The second ranker has a supportive family. A student of Buddha Street Corporation Higher Secondary School, Zarina Begum of Korukupet scored 484/500. Her entire family, including cousins, uncles and aunts, had accompanied her to Ripon Building when she was invited by the Corporation to meet Mayor M. Subramanian.

“We plan to walk to the Kovalam Durgah on Sunday morning. We had promised to walk the distance if I scored good marks,” said Zarina, who too wants to become an engineer.

The daughter of Nageshwar Rao, a make-up artist, P. Aparna, a student of CGHSS at Nungambakkam scored 482/500. Aparna aspires to become a doctor. “That has been my dream right from childhood.” She missed the centum in social science by one mark. When asked if the students had been given any career guidance so that they could choose their subjects in Plus-I, the students answered in the negative.

Earlier, addressing a press meet, Mr. Subramanian said that this year Corporation schools had a pass percentage of 82.5. Last year, the Corporation schools recorded a pass percentage of 79 per cent.

A little over 9,009 students took the SSLC examination, of which 7,429 passed. The pass percentage of girls was 85.4 and that of boys was 78.8. A total of 924 students had totals above 400 marks.

Twenty-two students got centum of which 15 were in Mathematics and seven in Science.

The Corporation High School, Kilpauk got cent percent pass, followed by the Vanniyar Teynampet school with 98.2 per cent and Walltax Road school with 97.1 per cent.

He said that a total of Rs.100 crore had been allocated for the Education Department this year. Mr. Subramanian said that a meeting of school headmasters would be held to discuss the performance of the children.

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