Students of the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, set a new record scoring 92.10 per cent marks on an average in the West Bengal Higher Secondary examinations, results of which were declared today.
The boarding school, run by monks of the Ramakrishna Mission and Math on the outskirts of the city, had 76 candidates for the HS exams - all in the science stream.
"Eight of our students are in the top ten list. They are in 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th ranks. Our school average is 92.10 per cent," school headmaster Swami Vedapurushananda told PTI.
None of the students have secured below 75 per cent marks while a majority 59 of them have bagged 90 per cent plus scores.
In mathematics subject, 16 students have secured 100 out of 100 marks, he said.
The monk credits the secret behind the stupendous success of his students to a number of factors including a disciplined lifestyle in a residential school where most students are admitted in younger classes.
None of them have access to distractions like TV sets or mobile phones in the campus where every morning begins with meditation and prayer sessions.
"They meditate and pray again in the evenings also which improves their concentration power. They grow up imbibing the ideology of Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Swami Vivekananda," Vedapurushananda said.
"The performance is good because the quality of our students is good. There is lot of opportunities for peer studies," he said adding that the overall lifestyle of students matter a lot. Here they lead a very regulated and disciplined lifestyle," the headmaster said.
Over 7,79,453 students appeared in the exam held in February. Altogether 83.65 per cent students secured pass marks.
Compared to last year, 1.27 per cent more students have passed this time. Swagatam Haldar of Panchasayar Shiksha Niketan in Kolkata has topped the merit list with 495 marks.
East Midnapore district had the highest number of candidates clearing the examination - 92.38 per cent.
