grade 12

“A single examination cannot decide the fate of a student and no one should be declared ‘failed’ as it has a negative impact on mental health and may lead to depression,” said Controller Sanyam Bharadwaj.

Be exam ready and have your admit card downloaded for 15 February 2020.

Ananya Grover, Anushka Sharma, Arefa, Vanshika Yadav, and Vasudha Sudhinder of Amity International School, Noida, created a communication channel between kids in orphanages and senior citizens in old-age homes. Their sole objective was to help those who feel cut off from the rest of the world.

Since they take in 25 students each in classes 11 and 12, the name 50 Villagers came about. A practising doctor, Dr Saran did not see himself take up teaching. "However," he says, “it was the circumstances and the education system that made me become a teacher and mentor.”

21 years later, Manish says that he is very proud of what he did that day. “I felt very proud of it actually, and to this day, I feel proud—for both, my near-failing grade and my owning up the failure as an 18-year-old.”

Today, we celebrate the success of Ombhini Bhattacharjee and Rishav Sharma--two students of class 10 who did well, despite the many challenges they faced.