Tamil Nadu: School for deaf and blind celebrates class 10 results

CHENNAI: Joy and cheer prevailed at the Little Flower Convent, a school for visually challenged and hearing impaired, in the city after the announcement of class 10 results on Friday as it achieved 100 per cent pass percentage.

G. Tilakavathi topped the school for deaf with 370 marks out of 400, fighting all the odds during Cyclone Vardah when her residence in KK Nagar was in shambles with doors broken.

"Despite the disaster, she would study from 3 am till 11 pm in the night. Her hard work has borne fruit," said her mother, Karpagam. Tilakavathi said she aspires to get a government job and is also interested in co-curricular activities including dance, drama and drawing.

 Jaya Shree, who emerged second scoring 362 marks, topped in social studies by bagging 98 marks. Hailing from Ambattur, the 10thstandard girl had to travel two hours to reach the school every day.

"From third term, teachers used to give a lot of revision. So, I only studied two hours per day at home and managed good marks," she said.

The blind school located inside the campus also saw no end to amazement as all the nine kids who wrote exams passed it with a good score including two centums in Social studies. A. Farida,  said to be a cheerful and mischievous girl, stood first with 476 marks.

 "We never expected her to top the school as she was always playful and does not study for more than an hour a day. Teaching Maths was a tough task, as she would always avoid it. Today, she scored 97, which is the highest in the school," explained her teacher P. Regina.