Magic formula? 272 students of 4 schools score 100 in Class 12 Chemistry

Four schools - three in Villupuram and one in Cuddalore - accounting for a whopping 8.5% of the total 3,181 centums in the state in the Class 12 Chemistry exam of the state board has raised many an eyebrow.

- SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR @ Chennai

A total of 272 students from these four schools secured centums in Chemistry, which is close to 50% of the roughly 600 students who wrote the exam in the schools. Interestingly, 167 of the roughly 450 students (37%) from the three schools in Villupuram who scored centum in Chemistry took the examination from the same centre, a government girls higher secondary school.

These 167 students include 65 from the same government school, 91 from a nearby private school and 11 from another private school. The 91 from the private school accounted for nearly two-third of the 148 students from the school who took the exam. Another 25 students from the school scored 99 marks. Similarly, besides 65 centums, 55 more from the government school also scored 99.