Tamil Nadu Plus-2 results: Visually impaired girl scores centum in history

CHENNAI: Little Flower Convent, a school for visually challenged and hearing impaired in the city, erupted in joy as it got the taste of centum in a subject for the first time in 90 years.

M Andal topped the school with 1112 marks out of 1200 scoring 200 in History in the Plus-2 results. She is also the topper of two other subjects, Economics (190) and Political Science (189)

“I was always interested in History as it speaks about how people fought all the obstacles and soar high. I want to apply that in my life,” Andal said with gleaming eyes.

The school for deaf situated right opposite the blind school also displayed an atmosphere of cheer as three musketeers Nivedha, Saranya and Priya, who have been studying together from LKG, emerged as toppers. M. Nivedha ranked first with a score 927 out of 1000 and also topped in Business Maths, Commerce and Accounts, while Saranya and S. Priya got 904 and 885 marks respectively.

Teachers say despite a large number of uncertain events in Chennai, the kids worked hard. Nivedha wants to study computer science and work towards her passion in art. “In longer run, we are skeptical about how she will mingle with others who don’t understand her disability,” said her mom.

83 jail inmates clear exam
Of the total 95 inmates of various jails in the state who wrote plus-2 examinations this year, as many as 83 of them passed, as per the results declared on Friday.

Of the 83 inmates passed, three life convicts had done well by sccoring more than 1050 marks out of total 1200.

They are Muthuselvan, lodged in Puzhal jail, Muthuraman, an inmate of Palayamkottai jail and Senthil Kumar if Trichy jail.

Muthuselvan had scored 1064, while Muthuramalingam and Senthil kumar had scored 1057 and 1052 respectively, jail sources said.

Commerce stream sees surge in centums
Commerce group witnessed the biggest surge among the centum scorers this year. Compared to last year, 5,214 more students secured full marks this year. Jayaprakash A.Gandhi, educationist and career consultant said, “The high number of centums in Commerce (8,301) and Accountancy (5,597) will increase the total cut-off for B.Com and other courses tremendously. For the engineering aspirants, it is not going to have much impact. The number of centums in Physics has gone up and Chemistry has come down. The cut-off will slightly increase. But it all depends on the number of applications to engineering counselling,” he said.