Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Friday felicitated meritorious students from its Marathi, Hindi, Urdu and English-medium schools who excelled in the Maharashtra State Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. The civic body’s schools achieved an impressive overall pass percentage of 91.97%.Mayor Neeta Thakre, deputy Mayor Leela Hathibed and ruling party leader Narendra Borkar felicitated the top three rank holders at the NMC headquarters with bouquets and sweets.Among the toppers, Prachi Gupta of PM Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Secondary School and Nikhat Parveen Mohammad Aslam of MAK Azad Secondary School secured 89.20% each to emerge as joint overall toppers. Sanskriti Amol Suryavanshi of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Marathi Secondary School topped among backward-class students with 88.20%, while differently abled student Tanjila Muskeen Mohammad Farooq Ansari scored 72.60%.Medium-wise results showed Urdu-medium schools recording the highest pass percentage at 98.91%, followed by Hindi-medium at 89.53%, English-medium at 89% and Marathi-medium at 87.11%. Of the 972 students who appeared for the SSC examination, 882 passed.Speaking on the occasion, mayor Thakre congratulated the students and wished them success in their future careers. Borkar announced that the NMC plans to start two English-medium schools in every Assembly constituency to meet the growing demand for quality English education. He said admissions in existing English-medium schools such as GM Banatwala Secondary School are currently conducted through a draw due to overwhelming demand.Borkar also urged parents not to impose career choices on children and instead allow them to pursue streams according to their interests. Education Committee chairperson Santoshdevi Laddha echoed similar views, stressing that excessive parental expectations often create difficulties for students.
