Kanika, Banpriya district toppers in ICSE, ISC exams
‘Set study targets and timetable’
Kanika Kapila
School: Sacred Heart Higher Secondary Convent School, Urban Estate Chandigarh Road
Study: 5-6 hours/day
Stress buster: “In my free time, I used to do doodling art to relieve exam stress.”
Career call: Biotechnology
Proud father: “I am really happy and right now short of words. Everything seems unreal right now though I always had faith in her. I am truly overwhelmed”
Success story: “I designed a timetable before boards and studied accordingly. I used to set the target of the number of chapters that have to be completed in a day. Besides, I read previous year’s question papers also just to be sure of the exam pattern.
‘Conceptual knowledge helped me’
Banpriya
School: Sacred Heart Higher Secondary Convent School, Urban Estate, Chandigarh Road
Study: 4-5 hours/day
Stress buster: “I used to listen to music and motivational speeches on Youtube during the idle time.”
Career call: Doctor
Proud parents: “She is an epitome of the proverb ‘hard work pays’. I kept telling her that and she finally realised it today. We are proud parents of our daughter.”
Success Story: “I always kept my concepts clear as I was regular in taking up doubts with my teachers. I never feared exams and took them in fun way. I was also active in co-circular activities in my school as they keep you full of energy.”
‘It’s all about smart work’
Kanika Makhija
School: Sacred Heart Higher Secondary Convent School, Urban Estate, Chandigarh Road
Success Story: “Exam preparation is all about concentration and passion. I only studied three hours a day as I believe in smart work rather than hard work. My parents never pressured me for anything. I had no pressure before appearing for the exam from my father’s side”
Stress Buster: “I am a very social person. Social media was my stress buster during exams and otherwise also in daily routine. ”
Career call: Chartered Accountant
Proud father: “She has made me and everyone proud of her. She is truly an inspiration.”
‘Started from basics’
Pratham Garg
Success story: “I studied regularly and started everything from the scratch. I worked on the basics first. I never believe in cramming things.”
Study: 3-4/day
Career call: Want to become a software engineer
Stress buster: “I used to talk to my friends whenever in stress or listen to music.”
‘Consistency pays off’
Anoushka Thapar
School: Sat Paul Mittal School
Success story: “I always focused on quality rather than quantity work. For me, more and more written work worked as I made a lot of notes. Scribbling helped in the revision time. I have been a very consistent student. Also, I had brilliant teachers along with me. The amount of faith they had in me motivated me to work hard.”
Study: 4 hours/day
Career call: Psychologist
Stress buster: “When nothing works, I spoke to my mother and the stress used to disappear.”
Proud mother: “We are very proud of her. It is her consistent effort that bore fruit now. I have always taught her that rote learning does not help. I was worried as she never studied for long hours. She would always say she knew what she was doing.”
Compiled by: Naina Mishra
