SSLC toppers in DK, Udupi aspire to become docs, engineers, IAS officers

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 13: SSLC toppers in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have attributed their success in the SSLC examinations to hard work and systematic studying.

An impressive number of students from different backgrounds in the twin district have scored above 615 marks this year.

DK Toppers

Swathi K, student of Indraprastha Vidyalaya in Uppinangady, who scored a whopping 622 marks out of 625, and shared ‘the second highest scorer’ status with a few other students in the state this year, proudly says that hard work, five hours of study every day and meticulous learning helped her attain success in the examination (Click here to read more about Swathi: 622 out of 625: Belthangady farmer's daughter reaps a rich harvest).

G Nafisa Mashitha (608), Sameeha Shaad (617), Shariefa Nimrah Asif (615)

Sameeha Shaad, who got 617 out of 625 marks in the SSLC exams, is a student of Hira Girls High School, Babbukatte. She has scored 100 out of 100 in national and state languages i.e. Hindi and Kannada. In English she got 124 out of 125. She scored 98 in Mathematics, 99 in Science, and 96 in Social Science.

She is the daughter of Sabeeha Fathima and Mohammed Shameer couple from Bajal Pakkaladka, who are known for their social and community activities.

Soft-spoken Sameeha humbly thanks Allah for all the bounties and blessings she has received including “very generous and encouraging parents.”

“I am so happy today because all of my hard work has yielded a result,” she says revealing her dream to become a good doctor and help the people.

Her mother Sabeeha Fathima, a homemaker-cum-journalist, says that that her daughter’s achievement is a step towards fulfillment of her grandfather Late Ibrahim Sayeed’s dream of educationally empowering Muslim women.

Bhavish K (98.7%), H Kedarnath (98.7%), Swathi K (622)

Bhavish K, a student of St Aloysius English Medium High School, Urva, who scored 617 marks, wants to pursue computer science, and become an Engineer.

He also thanks his father Balakrishna, an employee at KIOCL, Panambur and mother Shashikala and teachers for supporting, guiding and encouraging him.

H Kedarnath V Kamath, a Kannada medium student of Canara High School, Dongarkere, also scored 617 marks. He is the son of H Venkatesh Kamath and Padmavati V Kamth from Dongarkere, Mangaluru.

He says that he used to study for more than seven hours every day, because his dream is to become an IAS officer.

Gokul Reddy from Alva’s English Medium School in Moodbidri, who scored 615 marks out of 625, says that under the continuous and comprehensive evaluation method introduced for SSLC students from 2014-15, more time is spent for making projects leaving less time for theory. According to him projects should be reduced.

Reddy, who is a native of Kolar, said under the new system of evaluation 20 marks were for practicals while 80 marks were for theory.

He said that he managed to save time by completing projects during the school hours while concentrating on theory at the hostel.

Reddy said he received good support from his teachers to prepare for the new syllabus that was similar to that of Central Board of Secondary Education.

“It took a long time for me to practise the sums in Mathematics,” he said.

Udupi Toppers

Shreyas M. Shetty, a student of Sandipan English Medium School at Kambadakone near Byndoor in Kundapur taluk scored 620 out of 625 marks. He said that he used to study for three hours at home daily. He never went to any coaching classes.

Son of Manjunath Shetty, a farmer and Prema Shetty, a homemaker, Shreyas said that his aim was to join IIT and to become a Computer Science engineer. He had not yet decided which college he would join for his pre-university course.

Mahalaxmi (99.4%), Adithi Kiran (98.56%), Shreya (98.88%), Sagari (98.8%)

Mahalaxmi, who got 619 out of 625 marks in the SSLC exams, is a student of T.A. Pai English Medium High School, Udupi.

Fond of drawing and singing, she used to study for two to three hours at home. “My aim is to become an engineer. I attribute my success to my family members,” she said.

Daughter of retired bank employee Irvathur Gopal Joisa and Vasanti, an employee at Syndicate Bank, Ms. Mahalaxmi used to go to coaching classes for Mathematics and Science subjects.

Shreya Rao, who got 618 marks out of 625 in SSLC exams, is a student of St. Cecily’s High School, Udupi. Daughter of Ganesh K.R., an officer at Canara Bank and homemaker Sudha Rao, Ms. Shreya said that she used to do two hours of focused studies daily. She too used to go to coaching classes.

She attributed her success to parents and teachers. “I would like to join Poornaprajna College here. I would like to be an engineer in Electronics and Communications stream,” said the girl who is interested in drawing and listening to songs.

Aditi Kiran, who scored 616, is a student of Indrali English Medium High School in Udupi. Daughter of Dr Kiran Acharya and Prathima Kiran, she says that she used to study every day and follow the advice of her parents and teachers.

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