Government schools have come out with flying colours in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations with two students breaching the 490 mark and emerging toppers among government schools in the Union Territory.
B. Thamizhmani of Thillaiyadi Valliammai Government Higher Secondary School and S. Arunachalam of Indira Nagar Government Higher Secondary School had scored 491 out of 500.
“I gave my best and I am very happy with this rank. My mother who had been selling saris to supplement the family income helped me with my studies after I joined class X.” Thamizhmani didn’t attend any tuition except for the special coaching provided at the school.
“I studied daily from 6 to 8 p.m. after school paying equal attention to all subjects. I want to study MBBS and want to take the Biology group in plus one,” he said.
S. Arunachalam of Indira Nagar Government Higher Secondary School also scored 491 out of 500.
He attributed his good performance to the training imparted during the special classes and the motivation provided by the teachers.
“I was able to study well without any tension,” he said adding that his father who is a trader and his mother, a homemaker sat with him whenever he studied.
As many as 39 students of Government schools in the Union Territory had scored centum in Mathematics while 263 students had scored centum in science and another 127 in Social science in the SSLC examinations.
