{"id":6738,"date":"2012-01-05T19:18:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/kzn-matrics-achieve-multiple-distinctions\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T19:18:16","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:18:16","slug":"kzn-matrics-achieve-multiple-distinctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kzn-matrics-achieve-multiple-distinctions\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN matrics achieve multiple distinctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FRATERNAL twins Nic and Scott Roberts are different in every way, except that they both scored eight distinctions in their 2011 Grade 12 final exams. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll A\u2019s, yo!\u201d said an excited Nic after hearing that he had also cracked distinctions in Afrikaans and Maths 3. The Westville Boys\u2019 High pupil said he would do a BCom Accounting degree at UCT or UKZN. <\/p>\n

Scott was heading to UCT, where he would study medicine. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are completely different in every way. I\u2019m an introvert and Scott\u2019s an extrovert who does drama and things like that,\u201d said Nic. <\/p>\n

There was healthy competition between the two, and both had worked hard because they did not want to be beaten by the other. <\/p>\n

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Like Nic, Scott was surprised by his distinction for Maths 3. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret is to do as much as you need to do, but don\u2019t overdo it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

His friend, Jean-Marie Victor of Westville Girl\u2019s High, also achieved eight distinctions and had been provisionally accepted to study medicine at Free State University. <\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was worried about Maths 3\u2026 it was an extra subject and an extra paper,\u201d she said of her A in the subject. <\/p>\n

Another Westville Girls\u2019 High pupil, Priyanka Naidoo, also got eight distinctions. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so elated,\u201d said her mom, Kogie, the principal of Ashley Primary in Pinetown, before dashing off to tell Priyanka, who was on duty at her part-time job at the Pavilion shopping centre. <\/p>\n

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\u201cMaths was the hardest, but it is also my favourite subject,\u201d said Priyanka. She planned to study law and then specialise in medical law at UKZN. However, no one was more thankful than another Westville Girl\u2019s High top achiever, Sanaya Meherjina. <\/p>\n

Sanaya wrote nine subjects, from which she scored eight distinctions, including one in Afrikaans. <\/p>\n

What sets her results apart is that Sanaya is originally from Karachi, Pakistan, and has only been in South Africa since Grade 10. <\/p>\n

Her dad, Ronnie, said her principal had been worried at first that she might battle with English, and especially Afrikaans, as she had never heard the language before. But Sanaya had been confident she could tackle all the subjects she had chosen, he said. <\/p>\n

Sanaya plans to study business science at UKZN. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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