Coimbatore, also known as the Manchester of South India, is home to a large number textile mills, textile machinery manufacturers, hosiery units and engineering industries.
Reopening of schools, and publication of SSLC results, on Monday resulted in many roads leading to schools experiencing traffic snarls for hours together in the morning and later in the afternoon.
Ramanathapuram Signal, Sungam – Puliakulam Road, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Pappanaickenpalayam, LIC signal, Ranga Vilas Mill, Hope College Junction, and Thadagam Road witnessed traffic snarls during the morning as well as in the afternoon. Reason cited by school authorities was that being the first day of the school, parents also accompanied the children. Publication of SSLC results happened on Monday adding up to the pressure. SSLC candidates were present with their parents for going through the admission procedures for Plus-One. Traffic police personnel present at school zones proved to be inadequate. Manjula, a parent, who came on a two-wheeler with her child found it extremely difficult to gain entry to the school on Avanashi Road and to get back to the road because of vehicles occupying both sides of the road.
If schools had made necessary arrangements earlier, and more policemen were posted to regulate the flow of traffic, the situation could have been avoided, she said.
R. Selvamurugan, a driver with a private city bus pointed out that he had to cross more than three school zones. Because of the traffic snarls, he lost a substantial running time allotted to him and was so sure that he would lose a single trip at the end of the day for want of time. Loss of a single trip would mean inconvenience to those relying on city buses and the driver would also suffer a penalty.
In many of the schools, vehicles that came for dropping the children at least 10 minutes to 15 minutes ahead of opening and closing time of schools encroached upon a substantial portion of the road. Violation of traffic rules added to the confusion. Schools should use playgrounds to accommodate vehicles at least for a day or two, said a parent. A principal of a school said that within the next two or three days, the school Road Safety Patrol volunteers would start regulating the traffic, which will smoothen the flow of vehicles. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) T. Senthilkumar said that more personnel would be posted in front of schools during peak hours to regulate the flow of traffic.
Overall pass percentage in Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination in the district witnessed a marginal improvement from 85.829 percent registered in 2011 and stood at 85.957 this year.
Of the 30,107 students (14,857 boys and 15,250 girls) who sat for the SSLC examination this time, 25,879 candidates (12,323 boys and 13,556 girls) emerged successful.
Pass percentage of boys stood at 82.94 and those of girls at 88.89. Government schools
The pass percentage in government schools dipped a little this year from 79.35 registered in 2011 to 78.13. Likewise, pass percentage in government-aided schools also decreased marginally whereas the pass percentage in Corporation/Municipal, self financing and matriculation schools registered higher pass percentages. Centum
As many as 116 schools in the district registered cent percentage pass results in the examination which include five government schools, four government-aided schools, 13 self financing schools and 94 matriculation schools.
S. Karthikeyan of Little Flower Convent Matriculation HSS, Tirupur, and R. Nandha Kumar of S. Rajarajeswari Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kangayam, emerged district toppers with a score of 494 marks out of 500.
While Karthikeyan wanted to sit for Civil Services Examination to fulfil his ambitions of becoming an IPS officer, Nandha Kumar wanted to become a doctor.
The second place was shared by R. Vaishnavi (St. Joseph Matriculation HSS, Tirupur), S. Santhosh (Sri R.K.Vidyalaya Matriculation HSS, Ammapalayam), G. Malathy (Saradha Vidyalaya Matriculation HSS, Pooluvapatti) and R. Vignesh (Ponnu Matriculation HSS, Dharapuram).
All of them scored 493 marks.
The third place went to K. Manigandan (AVP Trust Matric HSS, Tirupur), A Abinaya (Infant Jesus Matriculation HSS, Tirupur), R. Gowthami (Literacy Matriculation HSS, Samalapuram) and R. Gayathri (Ponnu Matriculation HSS, Dharapuram), who scored 492 marks. Felicitated
District Collector M. Mathvianan felicitated the district toppers at a function held in Collectorate.
Pass percentage improves The district had recorded an increase in the number of students clearing the Standard X examinations. According to Chief Education Officer T. Rajendran, Coimbatore has clocked 90.21 per cent, which is 2.35 percentile points more than last year's.
Along with the improvement comes the good news that R. Dharani, a student of Vivek Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kinathukadavu, has scored 495 out of 500 to secure the State third rank. She is also the district first rank holder.
The girl wants to pursue engineering and has chosen maths with computer science in Plus-One.
For district second rank holder P.L. Muthuraman, son of M. Palaniappan, 493 out of 500 was not surprising at all. Mr. Palaniappan, a consumer durable dealer, says that his son has secured proficiency certificate right from Lower Kinder Garten.
The boy used to study six hours a day and that was after his regular tuitions for mathematics and science. He says is interests are in science and that he will like to pursue to medicine.
Sharing the second rank with him is R. Shwethaa, a student of Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School. The girl, who wants to become an entrepreneur, has scored the maximum in mathematics and science. Her passion is Carnatic music, which she has been learning for over five years.
The district third rank is shared by six students with 492 marks. S. Visveswaran of PKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pollachi, S. Nidarshana of Sri Lathangi Vidhya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pollachi, R. Priyanka of G. Ramasamy Naidu Matriculation Higher Secondary School, R. Ruthra and S. Surya Prabha of GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School and A. Megala of Vidyaa Vikas Matricualtion Higher Secondary School, Karamadai.
Visveswaran, who wants to pursue medicine, has scored the maximum in mathematics, science and social science. Priyanka has scored centums in mathematics and science, schoolmates Ruthra and Surya Prabha only in science and Megala in mathematics and science.
There is also an increase in the number of schools that have produced centum results. Mr. Rajendran says as against 163 schools securing centum result in 2010-11, 201 schools have secured centum result this year.
These include two government and as many Coimbatore Corporation schools, a special school, 10 aided schools, five unaided schools, 187 Matriculation schools and three Anglo Indian schools.
Another release from the CEO says that four students have secured centum in English, 132 in mathematics, 1,083 in science and 86 in social science.
The Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has asked farmers to sell potato on harvest as there were less chances of price increasing.
After analysing the price of potato that prevailed in the Nilgiris Co-operative Marketing Society for the last 22 years, price of good potato hovered around Rs. 14 and Rs. 18 a kg in May and June, it is recommended that farmers sell potato immediately.
High cost of cultivation, labour shortage, and huge arrivals from other States at economic prices have made farmers from the Nilgiris shift to other hilly vegetables. Potato from the Nilgiris is sent to Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem and Vellore and also to other States.
The arrival of these potatoes is high from June to December.
In Tamil Nadu, potato is grown in the hilly regions of Dindigul, the Nilgiris, Krishnagiri and Erode.
Roads get choked, as schools reopen
ReplyDeleteReopening of schools, and publication of SSLC results, on Monday resulted in many roads leading to schools experiencing traffic snarls for hours together in the morning and later in the afternoon.
Ramanathapuram Signal, Sungam – Puliakulam Road, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Pappanaickenpalayam, LIC signal, Ranga Vilas Mill, Hope College Junction, and Thadagam Road witnessed traffic snarls during the morning as well as in the afternoon. Reason cited by school authorities was that being the first day of the school, parents also accompanied the children. Publication of SSLC results happened on Monday adding up to the pressure. SSLC candidates were present with their parents for going through the admission procedures for Plus-One. Traffic police personnel present at school zones proved to be inadequate. Manjula, a parent, who came on a two-wheeler with her child found it extremely difficult to gain entry to the school on Avanashi Road and to get back to the road because of vehicles occupying both sides of the road.
If schools had made necessary arrangements earlier, and more policemen were posted to regulate the flow of traffic, the situation could have been avoided, she said.
R. Selvamurugan, a driver with a private city bus pointed out that he had to cross more than three school zones. Because of the traffic snarls, he lost a substantial running time allotted to him and was so sure that he would lose a single trip at the end of the day for want of time. Loss of a single trip would mean inconvenience to those relying on city buses and the driver would also suffer a penalty.
In many of the schools, vehicles that came for dropping the children at least 10 minutes to 15 minutes ahead of opening and closing time of schools encroached upon a substantial portion of the road. Violation of traffic rules added to the confusion. Schools should use playgrounds to accommodate vehicles at least for a day or two, said a parent. A principal of a school said that within the next two or three days, the school Road Safety Patrol volunteers would start regulating the traffic, which will smoothen the flow of vehicles. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) T. Senthilkumar said that more personnel would be posted in front of schools during peak hours to regulate the flow of traffic.
Tirupur records marginal rise in pass percentage
ReplyDeleteOverall pass percentage in Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination in the district witnessed a marginal improvement from 85.829 percent registered in 2011 and stood at 85.957 this year.
Of the 30,107 students (14,857 boys and 15,250 girls) who sat for the SSLC examination this time, 25,879 candidates (12,323 boys and 13,556 girls) emerged successful.
Pass percentage of boys stood at 82.94 and those of girls at 88.89.
Government schools
The pass percentage in government schools dipped a little this year from 79.35 registered in 2011 to 78.13. Likewise, pass percentage in government-aided schools also decreased marginally whereas the pass percentage in Corporation/Municipal, self financing and matriculation schools registered higher pass percentages.
Centum
As many as 116 schools in the district registered cent percentage pass results in the examination which include five government schools, four government-aided schools, 13 self financing schools and 94 matriculation schools.
S. Karthikeyan of Little Flower Convent Matriculation HSS, Tirupur, and R. Nandha Kumar of S. Rajarajeswari Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kangayam, emerged district toppers with a score of 494 marks out of 500.
While Karthikeyan wanted to sit for Civil Services Examination to fulfil his ambitions of becoming an IPS officer, Nandha Kumar wanted to become a doctor.
The second place was shared by R. Vaishnavi (St. Joseph Matriculation HSS, Tirupur), S. Santhosh (Sri R.K.Vidyalaya Matriculation HSS, Ammapalayam), G. Malathy (Saradha Vidyalaya Matriculation HSS, Pooluvapatti) and R. Vignesh (Ponnu Matriculation HSS, Dharapuram).
All of them scored 493 marks.
The third place went to K. Manigandan (AVP Trust Matric HSS, Tirupur), A Abinaya (Infant Jesus Matriculation HSS, Tirupur), R. Gowthami (Literacy Matriculation HSS, Samalapuram) and R. Gayathri (Ponnu Matriculation HSS, Dharapuram), who scored 492 marks.
Felicitated
District Collector M. Mathvianan felicitated the district toppers at a function held in Collectorate.
Keywords: SSLC results
Pass percentage improves
ReplyDeleteThe district had recorded an increase in the number of students clearing the Standard X examinations. According to Chief Education Officer T. Rajendran, Coimbatore has clocked 90.21 per cent, which is 2.35 percentile points more than last year's.
Along with the improvement comes the good news that R. Dharani, a student of Vivek Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kinathukadavu, has scored 495 out of 500 to secure the State third rank. She is also the district first rank holder.
The girl wants to pursue engineering and has chosen maths with computer science in Plus-One.
For district second rank holder P.L. Muthuraman, son of M. Palaniappan, 493 out of 500 was not surprising at all. Mr. Palaniappan, a consumer durable dealer, says that his son has secured proficiency certificate right from Lower Kinder Garten.
The boy used to study six hours a day and that was after his regular tuitions for mathematics and science. He says is interests are in science and that he will like to pursue to medicine.
Sharing the second rank with him is R. Shwethaa, a student of Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School. The girl, who wants to become an entrepreneur, has scored the maximum in mathematics and science. Her passion is Carnatic music, which she has been learning for over five years.
The district third rank is shared by six students with 492 marks. S. Visveswaran of PKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pollachi, S. Nidarshana of Sri Lathangi Vidhya Mandir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pollachi, R. Priyanka of G. Ramasamy Naidu Matriculation Higher Secondary School, R. Ruthra and S. Surya Prabha of GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School and A. Megala of Vidyaa Vikas Matricualtion Higher Secondary School, Karamadai.
Visveswaran, who wants to pursue medicine, has scored the maximum in mathematics, science and social science. Priyanka has scored centums in mathematics and science, schoolmates Ruthra and Surya Prabha only in science and Megala in mathematics and science.
There is also an increase in the number of schools that have produced centum results. Mr. Rajendran says as against 163 schools securing centum result in 2010-11, 201 schools have secured centum result this year.
These include two government and as many Coimbatore Corporation schools, a special school, 10 aided schools, five unaided schools, 187 Matriculation schools and three Anglo Indian schools.
Another release from the CEO says that four students have secured centum in English, 132 in mathematics, 1,083 in science and 86 in social science.
Sell potato on harvest, TNAU tells farmers
ReplyDeleteThe Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has asked farmers to sell potato on harvest as there were less chances of price increasing.
After analysing the price of potato that prevailed in the Nilgiris Co-operative Marketing Society for the last 22 years, price of good potato hovered around Rs. 14 and Rs. 18 a kg in May and June, it is recommended that farmers sell potato immediately.
High cost of cultivation, labour shortage, and huge arrivals from other States at economic prices have made farmers from the Nilgiris shift to other hilly vegetables. Potato from the Nilgiris is sent to Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem and Vellore and also to other States.
The arrival of these potatoes is high from June to December.
In Tamil Nadu, potato is grown in the hilly regions of Dindigul, the Nilgiris, Krishnagiri and Erode.
Keywords: Agriculture department