Lokmanya Tilak School
My school teachers have been instrumental in my success. They guided me in every stepAmanjeet Arora stood second in the SSC board with 94.53 per centJune 22, 2004 was a day when Sau Laxmibai English School, Friends Co-operative English High School and Sharon English High School could not stop celebrating.
While Sau Laxmibai had four SSC merit listers to its credit, Friends Co-operative School and Sharon English High School produced one merit ranker each.
After the SSC results were declared on June 24, 2005, the mood was very different from the previous year in these schools. Sharon English School
Despite being the among most reputed and high-profile schools in the suburb, not a single student featured in the SSC merit list this year. The toppers of these schools have just about touched 90 per cent this year.
They have the best of infrastructure, discipline and staff and parents make a beeline to get their kids admitted to these schools every year. So what went wrong?
I studied hard and I thought I would be in the merit. I am not at all satisfied with my performance
TS Shailesh topped the school with 90.53 per cent Prasad Kulkarni, the principal of Sau Laxmibai maintains that their students had the right preparation and motivation to repeat last years magic but somehow it didnt work this year.
The maths and science papers were tough. Our toppers were not able to score more than 140 out of 150 in these scoring subjects. I think thats the primary reason why we didnt make it to the merit list this year, says Kulkarni.
He adds, Last year, we had exceptionally bright kids so its no surprise we had four merit rankers.
However, this years batch was average. But that's no excuse as its our duty to prepare the students well. We tried very hard but still we failed. However, we havent lost hope and we know well do well next year.
SV Roghle, the father of Priyanka Roghle, the Sau Laxmibai School topper says that though he would have loved to see his daughter figure in the merit list, hes satisfied with her effort.
Like the teachers in the school, I also expected Priyanka to find a place in the merit list. She could not score well in maths and science. But thats not the fault of her teachers; the papers were tough, says Roghle, who is a lecturer with a junior college at Vikhroli.
Meanwhile, Sharon High School principal Sausamma Das says that God was just not on their students side this year.
We lacked Gods grace this year. we dont blame anyone for the performance this year. I believe the children have done their best. Because no one has come in the merit that doesnt mean our students are not good in studies or teachers have failed in their endeavour, says Das.
When metro spoke to the students of these schools, we found that they too were dejected by their performances.
Says TS Shailesh, the Sharon topper, The maths and science papers were really tough. Most of us lost out because of that. I studied hard and I thought I would be in the merit. I am not at all satisfied with my performance.
Amidst the dejection, there are some schools and kids who see the bright side of things. Vijaya Narayan, the principal of Friends School, maintains that merit list is not the yardstick to prove a schools or a childs caliber.
We believe in producing allrounders. The topper of my school missed a merit rank by just a few marks. But we are very happy with our students performances, says Narayan.
Sharon topper Alisha Gadar echos her principals sentiment. Nothings lost because I havent stood in the merit. Our teachers have shown us a world beyond medicine and engineering. I want to study Arts in St Xaviers College and then do a BMM course. I want to be a journalist of world repute someday, says this 15-year-old.
rashmi.rajput@mid-day.com
Mulund pass percentage 82.5
Ten students from seven Mulund schools found places in the merit list of the state SSC results published on June 24.
While Lok Manya Tilak English School, Mulund (W), VPM School and IES School in Mulund (E) have produced two merit ranks each, St Marys and Mulund Vidyamandir in Mulund (W) and Holy Angels and Vamanrao Muranjan in Mulund (E) have managed one each. Lokmanya Tilak School has outperformed all other schools in the suburb this year.
Amanjeet Arora from the school stood second in the merit list with 94.53 per cent marks and Anirudh Mokashi stood sixth in the list with 93.86 per cent marks. A total of 97 students from this school appeared for the SSC board and 96 passed, leading to a pass percentage of 98.6.
Overall, students from Mulund did well in the SSC exams. A total of 7,707 fresh students and 803 repeat students from 51 schools appeared for the 2005 examinations from Mulund.
Of the fresh students, 6,362 passed, taking the pass percentage of the suburb to 82.55 and 222 repeat students cleared the exams (pass percentage of 27.65).
Maya Mangalvedekar, headmistress of IES, say, I expected four of my students on the merit list. Two of them have managed the feat. Our pass percentage is 98 per cent results. I am happy.
I want to be a doctor
Name Amanjeet Arora
Merit rank 2
Percentage 94.56
School Lok Manya Tilak, Mulund (W)
Future plan Wants to be a doctor Mulunds topper Amanjeet Arora wants to become a doctor like his father. Amanjeet stood second in the SSC merit list for 2005 with 94.56 marks.
Right from childhood I have wanted to become a doctor like my father, says Amanjeet. His father Manjeet Singh Arora is a medical consultant with Wockhardt Hospital, Mulund.
I would join the science stream at Kelkar College and simultaneously prepare for the medical CET, says the topper. I live at Indraprasth Society in Mulund (E) and studying at Kelkar can save a lot of time and I can find time for my hobbies too.
Meet the merit listers whove made Mulund proud
Name Anirudh Mokashi
Merit rank 6
Percentage 93.86
School Lok Manya Tilak, Mulund (W)
Future plan Engineering from IIT
Name Amol Kawaskar
Merit rank 13
Percentage 92.93
School Vamanrao Muranjan
Future plan Wants to become a scientist
Name Nimish Shah
Merit rank 14
Percentage 92.80
School VPM, Mulund (E)
Future plan MBA from IIM Ahmedabad
Name Apurva Vatwe
Merit rank 14
Percentage 92.80
School IES, Mulund (E)
Future plan Will pursue science
Name Mayura Dabre
Merit rank 15
Percentage 92.66
School VPM, Mulund (E)
Future plan Software engineering
Name Ranjit Menon
Merit rank 16
Percentage 92.53
School IES, Mulund (E)
Future plan Engineering
Name Meenakshi Dhane
Merit rank 17
Percentage 92.40
School Mulund Vidyamandir
Future plan Software engineer
Name Sakshi Jain
Merit rank 18
Percentage 92.26
School St Marys
Future plan Engineering from IIT
School toppers
Name Elisha Gada
Percentage scored 90.93
School Friends High School
Future plan I want to pursue Arts and do BMM later
Name TS Shailesh
Percentage scored 90.53
School Sharon School
Future plan I want to take up science
Name Vaishali P Gajra
Percentage scored 84.66
School Gyan Sarita English Medium School.
Future plan I want to become a doctors
Name Manan Mehta
Percentage scored 89.46
School Vidyaben Gardi High School
Future plan I want to a chemical engineering
Name Neeraj Shah
Percentage scored 91.46
School St Pius X Boys High School
Future plan I want to take up commerce and pursue CA
Name Priyanka Rohakali
Percentage scored 90.53
School Laxmibai
Future plan I want to be an electronics engineer
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