How Students in Bengaluru Manage Time for Music and Schoolwork

Natalie Patricia Rodrigues, Sanidhya Kapoor and Samuel Ethan Pinto (L to R) Students
Natalie Patricia Rodrigues, Sanidhya Kapoor and Samuel Ethan Pinto (L to R)

The ISC Class 12 pass rate for Karnataka is 99.63%, which is higher than the 99.02% national average.
Samuel Ethan Pinto believes that studying reptiles, especially snakes and venom research, is his true vocation. He was inspired by National Geographic at a very young age and is motivated by the pressing need to address the snakebite crisis in India.

“Snakebite-related deaths touch nearly 60,000 annually, predominantly among farmers, and snakebites can cause significant disabilities,” Pinto, 19, who scored 96% on the science section of the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class 12 exams in Karnataka.

In the future, I would love to conduct research along these lines because I think anti-venom technology can be greatly enhanced. According to Pinto, a student at Bethany High School in Koramangala, venom research presents him with the opportunity to make a significant impact in addition to financial gain.
In the ISC Class 12 exams, Karnataka outperformed the national average of 99.02 percent with a pass percentage of 99.63 percent. 2,442 students from Karnataka took the exams, according to the results released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Wednesday.

Of these, 1,155 were boys (47.30%) and 1,287 were girls (52.70%).
Pinto, a school head boy and an important part of the school’s cultural organizing committee, had a lot on his plate in the lead-up to the ISC exam. “I didn’t have much time to get ready for boards. Just months prior to the test, I was actively participating in cultural events at the school,” he said.

“Mathematics was a bit challenging, especially integration,” Pinto said when discussing his preparations. But I managed to get around the subject with regular practice and help from teachers.

“But I made a schedule every day in the lead-up to the test, allocating an hour for every subject,” he continued.
18-year-old Natalie Patricia Rodrigues, the humanities topper, received a 98.2% percentage from Bethany High School. She remarked, “I was shocked but so excited.”

Rodrigues dealt with stress head-on despite a busy schedule that included preparing for a board exam and a December musical. She admitted that she relied on friends for study sessions via Google Meet, saying, “Given my indulgence in musicals, theater, and other activities, I was not sure if I would manage.”

But by practicing meditation, getting up early, and studying for two hours every day—and seven to eight hours closer to tests—she managed to overcome her anxiety. After 14 years as a singer, dancer, and actor, she finds relaxation in school sports and the arts. Rodrigues, who has a strong interest in sociology and psychology, hopes to work in psychology as a mental health professional.

“I want to be there for our generation, and they need help,” she stated.
In the meantime, Sanidhya Kapoor of Greenwood High School in Bengaluru won the ISC exam with a score of 98.75 percent, leading all commerce students. Additionally, she balanced studying for her board exam with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and received a spot at NLU Delhi to pursue a legal career after achieving an all-India rank of 25.

“I find law to be fascinating. It allows you to establish personal connections with people,” she said.

“Teachers cleared concepts thoroughly through assignments, making revision easy,” she said, attributing her success to the outstanding instruction at her school. Sanidhya, whose mother is a homemaker and her father works as an AWS engineer, commended her parents’ steadfast assistance.

“They were my greatest strength; they never put any pressure on me, they just helped me,” she said.

She spent three to four hours a day playing badminton at school and kathak, a hobby she had for ten years, as ways to decompress. She declared, “Kathak is my stress reliever.”

What would she advise her peers? “Be attentive in class, heed the advice of your teachers, and complete assignments on time. I was able to ace the test because of that.

In contrast, boys in Karnataka performed better than girls in the ISC exams, passing with a 99.65% pass rate as opposed to a 99.61% pass rate. The pass rates for the 97 candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) were 93.81 percent, the 33 candidates from Scheduled Tribe were 100 percent, and the 1,323 candidates from Other Backward Classes (OBC) were 99.54 percent.

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