A Dubai pupil was overjoyed yesterday after learning he had scored the highest marks in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class X exams in the whole of the Gulf. Srikant Kelkar, a 15-year-old student at Our Own English High School in Dubai, achieved 96 per cent with an impressive aggregate of 480 marks out of a total of 500.
Sporting a big smile, he said: "At last I made it. The fact that I have actually come top in the entire Gulf is still a bit hard to believe." Srikant said he had never been a bookworm and had never compromised on his extra curricular activities.
"I hate the idea of being termed a bookworm. I was organised enough to give quality time to both study and socialising. More than anything else, I had the confidence in myself to be sure I would get a place in the top three rankings.
"But when I saw the photograph of the Indian High School CBSE class 12 topper featured in Gulf News, I just hoped that something similar would happen to me."
Hoping to repeat his recent academic feat in the higher secondary board exams in two years' time, Srikant noted: "I plan to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and there is no way I could get a place without a bag-full of good marks in my pocket.
"My aim is to secure a place with either the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology or any of the leading U.S. institutes. But right now it is party time along with my friends. A little break will do no harm and I think I have earned it."
Our Own English High School Dubai's principal, Madhav Rao, said the school was proud of Srikant's achievement. "He was always a good pupil and well on top of his studies and has lived up to all expectations," he said.
Meanwhile, schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain claimed 100 per cent pass results in the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education examinations for Class X, with girls continuing to do better than the boys.
Students of St. Joseph School look at the results put up in their school.©Gulf News |
Second and third positions in Abu Dhabi were taken by students of Abu Dhabi Indian School. Both Anup Jayaprakash and Krishnakumar Kishor scored 93.6 per cent to come second in the emirate and first in the school.
The third position in Abu Dhabi and second in the school was also shared two students, Kinjal Morakhia and Ajay Vijayan Pisharody, who scored 93.4 per cent. The third position in the school was secured by Mustafa Hyderali Fanaswala with 91.8 per cent.
Our Own English High School, Al Ain also did well. Rasheda Arman Chowdhury stood first in the school with 92.2 per cent marks. Fourteen students from Asian International School sat for the exam and all passed. A girl student, Manaswi Gundi, topped the exam in the school with 92 per cent. The second place in the school was secured by Vineet Kumar Srivastava, followed by Deepthi Arumugam.
Schools in Al Ain also claimed 100 per cent pass results. From Al Ain Juniors School, a total of six students appeared for the exam. Shreynak Muralidhan secured first place in the school with 87. 4 per cent marks, followed by Preethu Thomas (81.6 per cent) and Bhavana Badhani (75 per cent).
In Sharjah, private schools saw another jackpot day with many of them recording 100 per cent success in the CBSE Grade 10 exam results, which were declared yesterday. Neha Mathorta of Sharjah Indian School set a new school record scoring 95.4 per cent in the exams.
Neha scored 477 marks out of 500 and edged out Neil Georgy Vaz, who came in second with 91.2 per cent, while Dagny B. Joseph and Abhishek Ashok tied for third position with 88.6 per cent. Our Own English School Sharjah once again registered a 100 per cent success rate, 80 per cent of its students scoring first divisions, 40 per cent of them with distinction. Nycil George and Nisha Mukesh Punjabi both obtained an aggregate of 90.6 per cent.
Sharjah Indian School put up 212 candidates of whom 146 obtained more than 60 per cent marks. The Gulf Asian English School also achieved 100 per cent success. Eleza Chiotee Alam topped the girls' list followed by Tanya Tikam Vaswani and Yasmin Ashter. Among the boys, Mohammed Yousuf finished first, followed by Syed Tabish Ali and Shahid Khan.
At the Progressive English School in Sharjah, the top achiever was Deepti Dinesh with 84 per cent. In second place was Shyama Narayan, with 83.6 per cent, while Priscilla Petronila, with 74 per cent, was third.
At the Ajman Intermediate English School, 15 students appeared for the exam out of which 14 were successful. Ghadeer Khalid secured first position, while Hasina Akhtar and Ahmed Syed were second and third respectively.
Another 100 per cent success result was recorded at Our Own English High School Fujairah. M.R. Anjana topped the girls' section with 88 per cent while Anoop John stood first among the boys with a similar percentage. Deeksha finished second among the girls with 85 per cent, while the school's second best boy pupil was Rajesh Sureshan with 85 per cent.
The Indian Public High School in Ras Al Khaimah put up 52 students, all of whom were successful, 19 of them emerging with distinction percentages. Sajna Fasul was the top pupil with 89.4 per cent followed by Jency Varghese with 87.8 per cent while Sany Annie Sunney, with 87.4 per cent, was third.
Among boys, Jarnail Singh topped with 86.6 per cent, followed by Nevin Jacob Kosh with 86.2 per cent. Ras Al Khaimah Indian School also achieved a 100 per cent success rate, 33 of its 78 students obtaining distinctions. Sandra Halim El Banna was the school's top pupil with 93.2 per cent followed by Rajiv Mario Colaco with 91 per cent.
Among the girls, Anuja Balakrishnan was second position with 88.8 per cent, while the second finisher among the boys was Ratheesh Radhakrishnan with 89.4 per cent.
