All the six visually-impaired students of the Rural Development Trust’s Inclusive School at Anantapur, who created history by appearing at the Secondary School Certificate examination without the support of a scribe, have passed the examination with flying colours.
While the girls outperformed the boys in Kurnool, Anantapur, Nandyal and Sri Sathya Sai districts, the pass percentage of Anantapur, which was 49% last year, improved to 66.25, and Sri Sathya Sai recorded a pass percentage of 61.81. While all the districts in the State recorded a pass percentage of above 60%, Kurnool and Nandyal districts were in the last two positions with 60.58% and 60.39% respectively.
In the SSC school final results announced on Saturday, all six of them scored between 84.8% and 62%. Being Children with Special Needs they were exempted from Hindi subject.
