MADHYAMIK EXAMINATION

Two Madhyamik toppers of Cooch Behar

Sayari Saha of Sunity Academy and Saumen Saha of Dinhata High School are the probable joint toppers of Madhyamik examination of this year in Cooch Behar district. Both of them scored 752 marks.

Sayari Saha's father Dr Madan Mohan Saha is a private medical practitioner in Cooch Behar. Her mother Mrs Bipra Saha is merely a housewife. Sayari secured 177 in Bengali, 95 in English, 100 in Mathematics, 100 in Physics, 97 in Life Science, 92 in History and 91 in Geography.

Sayari grew a habit to get first in her class. Earlier, in Class VIII and Class IX she was awarded with gold medals for consecutively two years for achieving good marks in a state level examination on Mathematics. She also stood third in the scholarship examination in Class IV.

"In future, I want to do research in Mathematics", Sayari said. She loves to read detective stories of Feluda and Byomkesh Bakshi. She also loves to listen music. She followed no specific schedule of time for her studies for the Madhyamik examination.

Saumen Saha's father Mr Barun Saha is a small cloth merchant in Dinhata. His mother Mrs Radha Saha is an Anaganwari worker. Saumen secured 175 in Bengali, 90 in English, 99 in Mathematics, 96 in Physics, 100 in Life Science, 95 in History and 97 in Geography.

Saumen spent 8 to 10 hours in a day for his studies. He had seven private tutors. In the test examination he got 661 marks. In future, he wants to do research in Physics.

In his pastime Saumen plays cricket. His favourite players are Sachin and Saurav.