Villupuram student is third in State

M .Thirumal scores 493 out of 500

Pass percentage this year is 68

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VILLUPURAM: Villupuram has the honour of producing a State third-rank holder in the SSLC examinations held in March, 2008. M.Thirumal of A.K.T.Memorial High School, Kallakurichi, has done the honour by scoring 493 out of 500.

Thirumal, son of M.Murugan, a security guard in the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation depot at Sankarapuram, has scored centum in mathematics. He nurses the ambition of becoming an aeronautical engineer.

The coaching provided in the school helped him to follow the syllabus systematically, he said.

The district toppers are: M.Thirumal (493/500) of A.K.T. Memorial High School; R.Anbarasi (492) of Bharati high school, Bangaram; and, J.Pavithra (490) of A.K.T. Memorial High School and N.Sridevi (490) of Government Girls High School, Thirukkoilur. Of the 40,182 candidates, including 20,375 boys and 19,807 girls, sat for the examinations, 27,320 (13,628 boys and 13,692 girls) passed out successfully.

The pass percentage this year was 68, as against last year’s 60 per cent. As many as 495 candidates scored centum in mathematics, eight in science and nine in social science.

The government school fared extremely well and of them not less than five — located at Eraiyur, Paithanthurai, Jalavadi, Maniampalayam and Vellimalai — have produced cent per cent results.

The aided schools that attained 100 per cent results are: A.K.T. Memorial High School, Bharathi HS at Bangaram, Pon.Nehru HS at Thiruvennainallur, Christu Special School at Sankarapuram, Henna John Special School at Thirukkoilur, Jeeva HS at Poondi, Kurinji HS at Poondi, Kuilapalayam HS, Mount Park HS at Thiagadurgam, Sri Vivekananda HS at Erwaipattinam and Sakthi HS at Kaniyamur.

The top-rankers from government schools are: N.Sridevi (490) and S.Vigneswari (488) of Government Girls High School at Thirukkoilur and M.Shanmugham (485) of Government High School at Arasamangalam.

The meritorious candidates from the matriculation schools are: S.Sajitha (486) of St.Joseph Mat.High School at Tindivanam, H.Anugraha (482) of Ramakrishna Gurukulam at Idaikkal and A.Pavithran (481) of Ramakrishna Vidyalaya.

The toppers from the Anglo-Indian stream are: M.Meera (483), J.Bharani Krishnan (480) and K.Mahalakshmi (475), all from Sacred Heart School at Tindivanam.

The top-ranking candidates from the oriental stream are: V.Bhuvanesh (482), A.Bhaskar (477) and S.Hariprasad (463), all from Kamakoti Oriental High School at Villupuram.