Jasmine Kaur, Abheya Arora shining stars of city
Aakanksha N Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 14
Jasmine Kaur Chahal and Abheya Arora of Class X of St Joseph’s Convent School here have made the district proud by attaining second and third positions, respectively, in the country.
While Jasmine Kaur bagged 99.2 per cent marks, Abheya scored 99 per cent marks. Abheya has taken admission in commerce stream in MGN Urban Estate School.
Arora, who aspires to clear the UPSC exams, said it was not that she started studying right before the exams. “It’s a constant hard work and consistency in reading that resulted in 99 per cent marks. I used to study for three-four hours a day,” she said.
She added that she never strained herself and never let any day go without studying.
Abheya did self-study and never took any tuition. However, there was a little concern for her before the results. “As English is a low- scoring subject in the ICSE , it was my big concern on whether I would be able to get enough marks,” she added. But excitedly she added that she scored 96 marks in English which was making her nervous.
Asked if she was partying today, Arora said she was having her exams starting from tomorrow for XI exams which was why she was not able to do party today.
“I would have gone outside and enjoy but my exams are starting tomorrow, so I would like to restrict myself,” Arora.
An artist by nature, she likes to paint and draw, Arora said mathematics was her favourite subject as it was more of a logical subject than theoretical.
St Joseph’s Convent girls stand out
Tarunika Rampal (16) has got 97.6 pc marks in Class X. An IAS aspirant, Rampal has not purposely taken admission in humanities stream, as she has planned to take coaching for the exam.
“I am now going to focus on taking coaching for IAS ,that is why I have taken arts stream,” she said. Tarunika, while talking about her success, did not forget to mention about her teacher Palvinder Kaur who teaches her geography.
“It is due to her that we (Jasmine and Abheya) have bagged top positions, she constantly inspires her to work hard,” Rampal added.
Tarunika’s mother and father are mathematics teachers in government schools. Her mother Manish Kumari said Tarunika used to wake up at 4.30 in the morning and would continue until late evening.
Arshpreet of the same school has got 97.2 pc marks. She has taken admission in the medical stream. While talking about the time table, she said she never followed any particular time table to study, but always had her concepts clear.
Arshpreet, who is into sports, also takes part in public speaking wishes to become a neurologist.
Suvidhi Malhotra (15), who got 97 pc marks in the examination, said it was not the study of a month with which one could score well, but it was hard work of whole year and constant revision to be successful. Suvidhi has taken admission in the non-medical stream and she wishes to become an astronaut. While Suvidhi’s father Jyoteesh Malhotra is a dean at GNDU Regional campus, her mother Cinny Malhotra is a science teacher.
Daughter of Dr Navjot Dahiya, Jasrup Kaur has got 96.83 percent. She is aiming to become a surgeon and has taken medical stream. She says she had decided to become a doctor when she was in class IX. Along with her father, her mother Jasmine Dahiya is a doctor too. She is a basketball player too.
Jasika has bagged 97.2 pc marks in class X and has taken commerce in class XI. She said it was not easy for her to prepare for exams as she was into other activities too. “But all these things along with study actually paid off,” she said.
Other girls who have bagged positions are Shaina Jindal, Ridhima Mittal and Anureet Kaur.
