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NT Bureau
Chennai, May 23:

        Chief Minister M karunanidhi today gave away cash prize and scholarship for the six State toppers in Plus Two examination to help them pursue higher education.

Plus Two students thanking Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at the Secretariat today.

State toppers, who learnt Tamil as first language, were given a cash prize of Rs 15,000, Rs 12,000 and Rs 10,000 to the first, second and third rankholders respectively.         The toppers who received the prize and scholarships included S Ramya (1182) of DAV Higher Secondary School and second rankholder from the same school T Rupika (1180).         Third rankholders with a total score of 1179 are V Jayamohan of SIV Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tirupur, S Nivedha of Kurinji Higher Secondary School, Namakkal, M Ellavarasan of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Namakkal, and J Kirtana of S R V Girls Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram.         The scheme to provide scholarship was first introduced by Karunanidhi during 1996 benefiting first three rankholders in the State and the district-level.

       State School Eduction Minister Thangam Thennarasu, secretary Kutralingam, Director of School Education R Kannan and the Director of Government Examination Vasanthi Jeevanandam were present on the occasion.