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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<\/p>\n
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BEING in the \u201cA\u201d class at their school rang true for four Northlands Girls\u2019 High pupils, who racked up a total of 28 distinctions after a series of group study sessions. <\/p>\n
Kriantha Naidoo, Akruthi Bechan, Kirashna Ulassi and Fathima Meer, all prefects, said they were good friends and had supported each other throughout the year. <\/p>\n
Ulassi and Bechan scored seven As each, Naidoo got eight and Meer bagged six. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe could depend on each other and offer moral support if someone was stressed, which helped a lot.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Selona Hariparsad is on of the top Matric achievers at Pinetown Girls.Picture Zanele Zulu,04\/03\/2011<\/p>\n
INLSA<\/span><\/p>\n Ulassi, who will study computer engineering at the University of Pretoria, said she favoured mathematics because it allowed her to apply her mind. <\/p>\n Bechan and Meer are holding thumbs that they will be accepted to study medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). <\/p>\n If they don\u2019t make the grade, Bechan has applied for chemical engineering at the University of the Witwaters-rand and Meer for pharmacy at UKZN. <\/p>\n Four Danville Park Girls\u2019 High pupils also made group studies work for them \u2013 earning 29 distinctions between them. <\/p>\n Janelle Bricknell, Shulka Manickchund, Kaitlin Holgate and Kelisha Hariparsad said their hard work had paid off. <\/p>\n Bricknell got eight distinctions while Holgate, Hariparsad and Manickchund scored seven each. <\/p>\n Venusha Govender is of the top Matric achievers at Pinetown Girls.Picture Zanele Zulu,04\/03\/2011<\/p>\n INLSA<\/span><\/p>\n Manickchund said she had made many sacrifices and spent hours studying. <\/p>\n \u201cThe hard work really paid off,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n Manickchund will study actuarial science at UCT. <\/p>\n Bricknell, who will study speech therapy at UKZN, said she was excited and relieved. <\/p>\n \u201cThe field suits my personality, because I wanted to be in the health sciences field but I do not like the sight of blood.\u201d <\/p>\n Hariparsad said she was anxiously awaiting news from Wits, where she had applied to study medicine. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Pinetown Girls\u2019 High classmates Venusha Govender and Selona Hariparsad received 15 distinctions between them. <\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n She will study actuarial science at UCT. <\/p>\n Hariparsad is hoping that her eight As are enough for her to study medicine at UKZN or UCT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" INLSA 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 \u201cA\u201d class at their school rang true for four Northlands Girls\u2019 High pupils, who racked up a total of 28 distinctions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-6736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"NM](\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/28e9e_1496168384.jpg\")
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