Uthappa of General Thimayya school emerges first in the district

Madikeri:

K.S. Uthappa of General K.S. Thimayya Public School here emerged first in the SSLC examination in Kodagu, securing 96.96 per cent marks. Kodagu is ninth among the districts in the State in the SSLC examination results. Kodagu has improved its performance compared to last year where it secured 18th position in the State.

Uthappa scored 606 out of 625 marks. Nivedita Shenoy from Lions School, Gonicoppa, emerged second with 604 marks (96.64 per cent), while Numan J.A. from Jnanajyoti School in Murnad secured third place with 603 marks (96.48 per cent).

In Kodagu, 7,259 students, including repeaters, appeared for the examination and 5,656 of them passed. Among the freshers, 5,629 passed. Of the 7,259 students who had appeared for the examination, 2,682 were boys. As many as 258 students achieved distinctions, 2,094 first class, 1,520 second class and 1,777 pass. Kodagu also achieved another distinction of no case of examination malpractice.

According to information from the office of the Deputy Director of Public Instruction here, 12 schools in the district achieved cent per cent results. They are Lions School in Gonicoppa, Lourdes High School in Polibetta, St. Thomas School in Gonicoppa, Sarvadaivata English Medium School at Aruvatoklu in Gonicoppa, Rotary English Medium School in Bittangala, St. Mary’s English Medium School in Sunticoppa, Sacred Heart English Medium School in Shanivarasante, Shantiniketan High School in Kodagaralli, Morarji Desai Model Residential School in Basavanahalli, Anglo Vernacular High School in Nelliahudikeri, and Sri Shivakumaraswamy Girls’ High School in Kirikodlimath in Somwarpet taluk and Jyoti High School at Peraje in Madikeri taluk.

Virajpet taluk in Kodagu emerged first in pass percentage among freshers with 83.03. Of the 2,051 students, who had appeared for the examination, 1,703 passed. Nivedita Shenoy (604 marks), Dixit (602) and M.D. Somanna (598), all from Lions School, Gonicoppa, finished first, second and third, respectively.

Madikeri taluk is second where 2,086 students appeared for the examination and 1,703 of them passed (81.64 per cent). K.S. Uthappa (606) from General K.S. Thimayya School here emerged first, followed by Numan J.A. (603) of Jnanajyoti School in Murnad and Shreyas Bangera (600) of St. Michael’s School here.

In Somwarpet taluk, of the 2,816 students, 2,223 passed (78.94 per cent).

Pavana P.S. (587) from St. Mary’s School in Sunticoppa emerged first in the taluk, followed by Yatin (586) of Sacred Hearts High School in Shanivarasante, and Shishira (578) of St. Joseph’s School in Somwarpet.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / May 03rd, 2009