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Clockwise from top right, Janelle Bricknell, Shulka Manickchund, Kaitlin Holgate and Kelisha Hariparsad, Kirashna Ulassi, Kriantha Naidoo, Akruthi Bechan and Fathima Meer. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
Kamini Padayachee and Lungelo Mkamba
BEING in the “A” class at their school rang true for four Northlands Girls’ High pupils, who racked up a total of 28 distinctions after a series of group study sessions.
Kriantha Naidoo, Akruthi Bechan, Kirashna Ulassi and Fathima Meer, all prefects, said they were good friends and had supported each other throughout the year.
Ulassi and Bechan scored seven As each, Naidoo got eight and Meer bagged six.
Naidoo, who will study business science at the University of Cape Town, said the four, along with others, had held impromptu study sessions before the exams.
“We could depend on each other and offer moral support if someone was stressed, which helped a lot.”
Selona Hariparsad is on of the top Matric achievers at Pinetown Girls.Picture Zanele Zulu,04/03/2011
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Ulassi, who will study computer engineering at the University of Pretoria, said she favoured mathematics because it allowed her to apply her mind.
Bechan and Meer are holding thumbs that they will be accepted to study medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
If they don’t make the grade, Bechan has applied for chemical engineering at the University of the Witwaters-rand and Meer for pharmacy at UKZN.
Four Danville Park Girls’ High pupils also made group studies work for them – earning 29 distinctions between them.
Janelle Bricknell, Shulka Manickchund, Kaitlin Holgate and Kelisha Hariparsad said their hard work had paid off.
Bricknell got eight distinctions while Holgate, Hariparsad and Manickchund scored seven each.
Venusha Govender is of the top Matric achievers at Pinetown Girls.Picture Zanele Zulu,04/03/2011
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Manickchund said she had made many sacrifices and spent hours studying.
“The hard work really paid off,” she said.
Manickchund will study actuarial science at UCT.
Bricknell, who will study speech therapy at UKZN, said she was excited and relieved.
“The field suits my personality, because I wanted to be in the health sciences field but I do not like the sight of blood.”
Hariparsad said she was anxiously awaiting news from Wits, where she had applied to study medicine.
Pinetown Girls’ High classmates Venusha Govender and Selona Hariparsad received 15 distinctions between them.
Govender, whose parents died in a car accident when she was in Grade 10, was emotional yesterday, saying she wished her parents were alive to celebrate her seven distinctions.
She will study actuarial science at UCT.
Hariparsad is hoping that her eight As are enough for her to study medicine at UKZN or UCT.
