Silvester D’ Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, May 19: A student of SSLC who never studied Kannada during the last eleven years has achieved unique distinction of securing 99 out of 100 marks.
Shreya Ganapathi Kamath, a student of Holy Rosary English medium school is the student.
Shreya, daughter of Ganapathi Kamath Santhekatte Hebri and Shubha Kamath, hailing from Kundapur had the opportunity to study in six different countries in the world including India, her father being the deputy director at SAARC.
Her father has been staying in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Bhutan, Uganda, Mumbai, Hubli and Tumkur and Shreya was studying in English and inevitably opting for the languages in those places as the second language.
The parents who saw the education circus of their daughter till the ninth standard decided to get her tenth standard education in Kundapur itself. The maternal grandfather of Shreya, Bhandarkar’s college retired principal Mohandas Pai was the inspiration behind the decision. Shreya stayed in the house of her grandfather accompanied with her mother and took up Kannada as the second language.
Shreya has scored 600 marks. She has scored more in Kannada than in English. Her Kannada teacher Prashanth Lewis and Headmistress Sr Jocelyn AC are happy about her achievement.
Poor village student secures first place in district (Kannada medium)
A Kannada medium SSLC student in a village near Kollur has secured 618 out of 625 marks studying in difficult conditions and stood first in Kannada medium in Udupi district.
Shashikanth, the achiever is a student of Kollur Mookambika High School Hosooru. He was born in a poor family. His father Gopala is doing catering work in Bengaluru and mother Sharada is rolling beedies at their house at Hosooru. The parents wanted to educate their son despite poverty. Shashikanth used to walk the distance of one and half kilometre between his house at Hosooru Kanaberu and school with his friends.
Shashikanth has not gone for tuitions. He used to concentrate on what is taught in the school and memorize. He used to study the day’s lessons on the same day. Besides being ahead in studies, he is good in drawing, public speaking and essays.
He likes Science subjects very much. He wants to study in PCME combination and go for a technical course. He will be able to achieve more if the educational institutes offer him free seat and encourage his talent.