While only one student, Ankita Basappa Konnur, scored cent percent marks this year in the SSLC examination, seven students shared the second position by securing 624 marks out of 625. Coming from various districts of the State, these students aspire to become doctors, civil servants, and engineers.
Ankita, who studied at a Morarji Desai Residential School in Bagalkot district, comes from an agricultural family. Her father Basappa Konnur is a farmer in Vajramatti village and owns six acres of land. Her mother Geetha is a homemaker who works on their family farm occasionally.
Ankita had no access to a mobile phone in the hostel. She made use of the digital library in the school. She credits her success to studying every day. She would wake up around 5 a.m. and study for at least two hours before attending classes. On returning from school, she would revise the lessons learned that day before joining the others in playing games on the school grounds in the evening.
