Sevalaya’s Mahakavi Bharathiyar Higher Secondary School has achieved 100%
results in the Std X board exams conducted this year. The results were
released on 16 May 2025. Out of 135 students who appeared, 114 passed in
the first division. The toppers this year have secured 95%, 94% and 92% marks
respectively. Sevalaya, a charitable organisation has been functioning for
the past 37 years educating nearly 2,200 underprivileged children, free of
cost at their school in Kasuva, near Thiruninravur, Tiruvallur district.
Many students are first generation school goers hailing from a disadvantaged
economic background. The topper, Kaviyarasan J who scored 474 out of 500
marks wishes to pursue Computer Science at IIT and become an IT professional
in the future. His father is a daily wage worker and his mother works as a
tailor. His dream is to ensure a better future for his family, he says.
Priyanka M scored 469 and came second. Her father is a carpenter and her
mother works in a private firm as a tailor. Priyanka too wishes to join
Computer Science at IIT and become an IT professional in the future. Her
sister Pavithra, also a Sevalaya student, topped the Std X board exams in 2023
and scored 544 in the Std XII board exams this year. Logeswari R, who scored
461 and came third wishes to pursue Computer Science at IIT and become an
IT professional in the future. Her father is a tailor and mother is a homemaker.
Her sister, a Sevalaya alumna, is pursuing a physiotherapy course, supported
by Sevalaya. All the toppers credited their teachers and Sevalaya for their
success and promised to become successful in life and give back to Sevalaya
and the society. Sevalaya teachers spared no efforts in going beyond their job
to ensure that the students were thoroughly prepared academically, physically
and mentally to give their best. They arranged several special classes and
provided individual attention through counseling sessions to the students.
Sevalaya also regularly conducts career guidance sessions and supports deserving
students in pursuing higher education.
