Special Model Exams - Jan 2011

Model exams are conducted with the objective of helping the students to brush up their knowledge when they are preparing for their XII std Board exams. Students from private schools have the privilege of preparing themselves thoroughly through several such examinations conducted by their schools. In order to provide the students from rural schools also with the same examination experience, Parasuram Salammal Trust organised special model exams last year for students from 3 government schools. This year the same program was expanded to benefit XII std students from 5 Govt schools around Theni district. A total of 331 students enthusiastically took the special model exams in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics in January 2011. The answer sheets were evaluated by experienced teachers, who  gave detailed comments on how to improve the performance of the students. There was excellent support and co-operation from the Principals and staff members of the schools in conducting the model exams. They remarked that such model exams motivated the students to perform better in the final Board examinations. They requested the Director of the Trust, Mr. Asokan to continue these efforts in future too.

School	No. of students	Name of Principal
Allinagaram	91 students	Mr. R Abduljappar
Koduvilarpatti	35 students	Mrs. Chellapappu
Lakshmipuram	95 students	Mr. Vasudevan
Gandamanoor	77 students	Mr. Maharajan
Veerapandi	33 students	Mr. Vairusamy

Rather than being just a simulation exercise, the Trust went a step further and awarded prizes to the students who secured the first three ranks in the respective schools, as we believe that when students are awarded for their excellence, their confidence boosts up.

School	1st Rank	2nd Rank	3rd Rank
Allinagaram	N. Surulivel	M.Gopinath	P.Nivetha
Koduvilarpatti	A.Arun Kumar	L.Prabakaran	G.Thirumani
Lakshmipuram	G.Abinaya	S.Anupriya	M.Nalla Jeeva
Gandamanoor	S.Sridevi	P.Satheesh Kumar	A.Saravanan
Veerapandi	R.Dhanalakshmi	R.Sivasakthi	T.Ranjith Kumar

As a part of the awards-presentation ceremony, the Trust, along with the Rotary Club of Theni, organised a motivation-cum-career guidance program for XII std students on January 22, 2011. Prof R. Mohanasundaram from C.P.A college, Bodinayakanur gave a 90-minute speech to the XII students about the ways and means of preparing for the examination in a  better way. He gave a few tips to the students as to how to plan their future careers and what courses they should opt for. He also took an IQ test to kindle the interest among the students. It received an excellent response from the students, which pleasantly surprised the teachers also. The Headmaster of the Allinagaram Govt. school, Mr. Abduljappar commented that he had never seen his students participate in a motivational session with so much of interest and enthusiasm and looked forward to more such activities not just for XII students, but for the rest of the students of the school also. He also hoped that with the support of the Rotary Club and the PST more such projects will be organised for the students of the school. 

Our sincere thanks to Mr. Dhanam, Ms. Amirtham and Mr. Pannerselvam for evaluating the Maths, Physics and Chemistry exam papers of the students.