TURA: Sherwood School, Tura, is on a new high with the just declared Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) results of Class X.
An elated Tyrone D’Brass, Headmaster of Sherwood School, said, “The credit for this outstanding performance undoubtedly goes to the caring parents, the dedicated teachers and the highly motivated students, themselves.”
At a time when detractors dismiss the students of Garo Hills as ‘lazy’, this premier school has proved them wrong with as many as six of its students finding a berth in Meghalaya’s top twenty positions and also bagging the top slot in the State.
Despite militancy and repeated shutdowns in the region, Sherwood and two other schools of Tura, Embee Rosebud Secondary School and St. Xavier’s Secondary School have proved that in the midst of turmoil students can overcome odds.
That the scholars in the offing in Garo Hills are no less than their counterparts in other parts of the country is brought home with one of the region’s top schools scoring a six. With just two short of a perfect ten, the laurels earned by these students add lustre to the region’s academic skyline.
Sixteen-year-old Subhadeep Mandal is an avid reader of books and a gaming enthusiast. The elder of two boys in the family, Subhadeep wants to become a marine engineer.
His dad Santibrota Mandal, a development officer with Oriental Insurance, and mother Mamoni Mandal are elated with the news of their son’s results.
“Our phones haven’t stopped ringing in the house,” says Subhadeep’s father while mother chips in, “friends and relatives have been streaming in to our house with congratulatory wishes all day. We are so happy.”
“I am very satisfied with the results. It was up to my expectations and my aim is to go in for marine engineering because I want to design ships,” said a smiling Subhadeep.
