Mysore:

The inmates of the government-run girls’ home here, who had to go through the dark realities of life, have come out with flying colours in the recently-held SSLC examinations.

Sindhu of Chitradurga secured the highest marks – 488-while Niveditha scored 412 out of 625 marks. Except one, all the 13 students appeared for the exam emerged victorious.

Girls’ home superintendent Geethalakshmi told TOI that Sindhu had struggled hard in life after her father died when she was young.

Her mother Poornima was shattered after the death of her husband Chandru. Later, she got admitted all her four girl children to government rehab centres in Hassan, Bijapur and Udupi.

Sindhu was relocated to Mysore from Hassan centre a year ago. As per her request, all her sisters were also brought to Mysore centre later. Lavanya, Ranjitha, Hemalatha, Kavitha, Niveditha, Mamatha M, Shobha S, Lakshmi N, Vidya, Kalaveni and Nirosha too had to face many challenges in their life. This success is a morale booster for them who are now hoping for a better future.

ODANADI INMATES SHINE

Six out of seven inmates of Odanadi Seva Samsthe passed the SSLC examinations this year. Rathna, who had worked as a bonded labour for two years, was one among them. Saraswathi, Nischitha, Manjunath, Ganesh and Hema are the other students. Odanadi is working for the welfare of sex workers and their children.

BLINDNESS, NO HINDRANCE

All the four students of Helen Keller Blind School in Mysore secured first classes in the examinations.

Mahadevaswamy secured the highest marks in the school with 443 marks. Prathap bagged 439 marks while Rameshnayaka and Nataraju B secured 420 and 419 respectively.

Mahadevaswamy and Prathap scored 98 marks in mathematics. Nataraju B managed to score 97 in social studies.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Mysore / TNN / May 18th, 2012