DK achieves A grade, 17 score full marks

Mangaluru:

Dakshina Kannada

(DK) district created a

record

, after a total 17

SSLC

candidates scored 625/625 marks in the examination

results

announced on Thursday, while six candidates in

Udupi

scored full marks.

In DK, while two of the candidates were from government schools, the rest were from aided and unaided schools. Five students from Alva’s Kannada School scored full marks. Meanwhile, the district also improved its performance, by achieving an A grade. Last year, it had achieved a B grade, with candidates from here securing 12

ranks

in the state.

Indira Arun Nyamagoudar, a resident of Bagalkot district, who got a perfect score, said that she prepared well for the exam, but was not sure of scoring 625 out of 625. She added that the school environment provided her a positive platform to study well. Her father Arun Ramappa Nyamagoudar, a farmer, added that his daughter is a part of the adoption scheme of the school, and started to study at Alva’s from class VI. “She has not yet made any plans for further studies,” he added.

Ganesh Naik, principal of Morarji Desai Residential School in Belthangady, said that their student Roshan, a resident of Machina, was able to achieve success due to efforts of staff, with six hours of additional classes to make up for lost classes due to Covid-19. Roshan hails from a poor family, and his father runs a petty shop. “All the 50 students have scored first class marks,” he said.

Sudhakar K, DDPI, Dakshina Kannada, said that the district’s pass percentage is 78.2. A total 28,638 candidates appeared for the SSLC exam, and 25,052 candidates have passed. Around 75 schools have received cent per cent results.

In Udupi, five students bagged full marks. Except for one of them, the rest of the five were students of Government PU colleges. Students who bagged 100% marks are Gayathri (Government Junior College for Girls, Udupi), Nisha (Government High School, Kalavara, Kundapur), Pueeth Naik and Vaishnavi Shetty (Government High School, Siddapura, Kundapur) and Akshatha (Sandeepana English Medium High School, Kirimanjeshwara, Byndoor).

Students who scored full marks in DK

Sujay B-Sri Satyasai Lokaseva High School, Alike; Dhanyashree-Vittal Jaycees English Medium High School, Bantwal; Roshan-Morarji Desai Residential School, Belthangady; V Akshatha Kamath and Veeksha V Shetty, Shri Vyasamaharshi Vidyapeetha, Kilpady, Mulki; Shreeja Hebbar and Swasthi-Rotary English Medium High School, Moodbidri; Indira Arun Nyamagoudar, Irayya Shrishail Shegunasimath, Kalmeshwar Pundalik Naik, Shreya R Shetty and Sudesh Dattatray Killedar from Alva’s Kannada Medium High School, Moodbidri; Abhay Sharma K, Abhijna R and Athmeeya M Kashyap, from Vivekananda English Medium High School, Puttur; Sathvik H S- Karnataka Public School, Bellare, Sullia; Madhushree, St Mary’s English Medium High School; Laila.