Tura, May 4 : Creating history with a performance for the ages, Dechro M Marak, who secured 472 marks out of a possible 500 to top this year's HSSLC Science stream, became the first person of Garo origin to take the top spot.
Dechro is the son of government employees and has an elder sister and a younger brother.
Talking about his achievement, he felt the honours should go to God, his parents, the principal of the college, his teachers as well as his friends.Being the first from his community to actually top the honours board in HSSLC Science, he felt it was a huge motivation and showed that students from this region can achieve great academic success.
"I hope that this inspires other students to aim higher and believe in themselves," he said. He felt that along with consistency, discipline and faith in the almighty Father were the biggest factor behind his success.
On his route to success, Dechro said that he didn't really follow a routine but studied 2-3 hours every day consistently.
"I revised regularly and practiced previous year questions and I regularly took short breaks in order to avoid stress and burning out and just before the exams my study hours would stretch out to 4-5 hours consistency and revision were the key to my preparation," he added.
Dechro has recently appeared for this year's NEET exams and will take a call on what to do in the future after the results are out.
For future aspirants he felt the need to remain consistent in their studies because success is not about being the smartest. It is about being consistent because even 1 hour of daily study added greatly. He added the most important was to believe in themselves and their abilities.
In his free time Dechro likes to watch videos and listen to music. He also plays football to keep him relaxed and unwind.
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The daughter of a government employee and businessman father, Aime said she was overwhelmed with the success in the exams. She credited her success to the Almighty, her parents, teachers and the principal who were her biggest supporters.
For her preparation, Aime said she did not follow a set routine but put in the hard yards early before taking it to close to 10-12 hours a day, two months before the exams. She too has appeared for NEET and would wait for the result before preparing for the future. She felt consistency was the key to success in such exams and would suggest the same to those appearing in later years. In her free time she loves reading books.