Students flock Dakshina Kannada for better education

TOI

Mangalore, 25 May 2012: Colleges in Dakshina Kannada district have produced many toppers in the PU results. However, most of them are not Mangaloreans. They had come to the coastal city in pursuit of quality education.

 

Vivek Hegde, a student of Alva’s PU College Moodbidri, who secured 590 out of 600 in the science stream is a native of Umblekoppa village in Uttar Kannada district. He completed his class X in Hosanagar. Even though Vivek passed SSLC with 97% from the Government Junior College high school, Shiralkoppa, he preferred Alva’s College in the district considering the quality of education. "My teachers and my brother suggested me to join Alva’s college," he said.

 

HA Chidananda, who secured 589 marks in the science stream, is a student of Sri Satya Sai Loka Seva PU College, Alike in the district. However, he hails from Gouribidanur in Chikballapur district. It was his teachers in the Muddenahalli school who suggested him to join the college in Alike after he passed SSLC with 98.2%.

 

N Sumanth of Expert PU College in the city, who scored 589 in science, hails from Hassan. After securing 98.88 % in SSLC from the Vijay English School in Hassan, Sumanth was sent to study at Expert PU College here. "My parents knew about the college and also about expert faculty here. Hence, they made me to join Expert PU College," he added.Nikhil Mouli, another student of Expert PU College who bagged 579 in science, too is a native of Hassan. In fact, Nikhil’s father HP Chandra Mouleeshwara, who is a farmer, wanted his son to be an engineer.

 

Girls rule the roost

Girls in Dakshina Kannada district outdid their counterparts in the PU results. While 81.74 per cent of boys passed the examination, the pass percentage of girls is 89.43. Out of the 14,424 boys, who appeared for the examination, 11,790 cleared it and of the 15,304 girls, who wrote the examination, 13,686 passed.