Krishnagiri :
The nation was busy celebrating toppers who scored over 99 per cent in the CBSE Class XII exams, and Dharshana’s journey to scoring 96.6 per cent got less attention than it deserved. But her story is worth telling, for she overcame a different set of challenges on her way to success.
A student of Nalanda International Public School in Krishnagiri, Dharshana, who has only partial vision, came third in the persons-with-disabilities category of CBSE exams, scoring 483 marks out of 500. Dharshana has no vision in her left eye and partial vision in the right. “She worked really hard right, but we did not expect her to grab the third position,” says her father R Mohan, a businessman. “Her hard work took her to this position. Dharshana wrote the exam herself, with additional time of one hour.”
Parents of children with disabilities should spend more time with them, says Mohan. His wife Vijayalaskhmi is a stay-at-home mother and Dharshana is the second of their two daughters. “They expect this because they do not have many friends. So parents have to step up and spend time with them, be their friends, their guide… and they definitely will achieve their goals.”
“I want to become an entrepreneur,” says Dharshana, thanking her parents, friends and teachers who were happy to hear about her achievement. “I want to study BCom. My father is a businessman and so I naturally like business,” she says.
How the students fared
Overall Pass Percentage
2016: 83.05%
2017: 82.02%
Region-wise pass percentage
95.62% Trivandrum
92.6% Chennai
88.37% Delhi
Gender-wise pass percentage
87.5% -Girls
78% – Boys
63,247 students scored above 90%
10,091 students scored above 95%
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by M. Sabari / Express News Service / May 29th, 2017