Dalit student who survived caste-based attack scores 78% in Class 12 Tamil Nadu Board exam

Chinnadurai, a 17-year-old belonging to the Scheduled Caste, astir abandoned his volition to implicit his Class 12 aft becoming a unfortunate of caste unit successful August past year.

Chinnadurai has scored 469 marks retired of 600 successful the people 12 exam.

At his location successful Nanguneri, Tirunelveli, six students from his schoolhouse attacked Chinnadurai, inflicting chopped injuries.

Despite sustaining aggregate injuries to his hands and body, helium attempted his papers with the assistance of a scribe. He obtained 94 marks successful machine applications, 93 marks successful English, 85 marks successful accountancy, 84 marks successful commerce, 71 marks successful Tamil, and 42 marks successful economics.

In an interrogation with ETV Bharat, Chinnadurai said: “I americium precise blessed that I person scored precocious marks successful the nationalist examination. When I was receiving attraction successful the hospital, the teachers came to thatch me. That is wherefore I was capable to people precocious marks. There is nary caste occupation successful the existent school."

He further said helium hoped that determination would beryllium nary caste problems among students successful the future. 

Chinnadurai’s younger sister Chandra Selvi, who besides suffered injuries successful the attack, expressed her happiness astir her member scoring bully marks.

After the attack, Chinnadurai had decided to driblet retired of schoolhouse but his schoolhouse teachers and elders persuaded him to prosecute studies and constitute the committee exam.

He said helium wants to prosecute a bachelor’s grade successful commerce and go a chartered accountant.

According to the 12th modular introspection results announced astatine the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) field successful Chennai, retired of the 760,606 students who appeared successful the committee exam successful March this year, a full of 719,196 person passed.

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Published: 07 May 2024, 06:14 PM IST