The Nilgiris district saw an increase of nearly five percentile points in pass percentage in this year’s Higher Secondary examination over last year. This year 91.29 per cent of the 7,942 students cleared the examination. Last year only 86.74 per cent students had cleared the exam.
Toppers
S. Deepthi, a student of Bethlehem Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Udhagamandalam, topped the district with 1,188 out of 1,200 marks. M. Gurumuhilan of St. Thomas Higher Secondary School, Gudalur, secured the second rank with 1,176 marks, and S. Suruthy of Sri Shanthi Vijay Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Udhagamandalam, bagged the third rank with 1,173 marks.
C.B. Ajmalkhan of Government Higher Secondary School, Ambalamoola, scored the highest mark among government school students with 1,131 marks.
His classmate K.A. Asveer was the second rank holder with 1,125 marks and D. Karthick of Government Higher Secondary School, Kothagiri, was the third rank holder with 1,121 marks.
“I aspire to be an auditor, so I have decided to study chartered accountancy. But before that I will study B.Com to complete graduation” says the district first rank holder Deepthi, daughter of a bus driver.
She has scored centum in economics, commerce and accountancy.
Suruthy says that she was district first in her SSLC examinations and this time she was third.
Asked about her ambition, she says she wants to be a civil servant.
