SRINAGAR: The much-awaited Common Entrance Test (CET) has been declared and the topper from a remote Kupwara village in north Kashmir is on cloud nine.
I am very happy and elated, Haroon Rashid, the boy from Poshpora village in frontier Kupwara district, who topped this years CET, said.
Scoring 207 marks out of 225 in the professional entrance, Haroon says that he was not surprised in achieving the rare feat.
To be honest, I was expecting it, Haroon said, attributing his success to hard work, family and the tutors.
I worked hard and I owe my success to my parents and my tuition teachers in Parraypora Srinagar.
Haroon son of Abdul Rashid Bhat had completed his 11th and 12th class studies from S P Higher Secondary School Srinagar and got individual coaching in Physics, Chemistry and Biology from tutors in Parraypora here.
Haroon says that it was his first crack at the professional entrance and is thankful to all those who guided him.
My parents and teachers at school or higher secondary level would always encourage me to set bigger goals and work hard. I think the hard work has paid off, said Haroon.
Poshpora is one of the two villages in Kupwara district where dozens of women were allegedly subjected to mass rape by soldiers of an Indian army unit in February 1991, four years before Haroon was born.
I want to be a doctor. A real professional so that I could serve my home land in manner they expect me to, he added.
Bhat family does not have Haroons success only reason to celebrate. Incidentally, his elder sister Rukaya Rashid has also cracked the CET this year. She has been selected for BDS, Haroon said. Besides the elder sister, Haroon has a little sister and a brother.
While Haroon top ranked in the exam, Hafsa Muzaffar Gundroo and Babar Mohamad followed him in PCB (Physics, Chemistry and Bialogy list) at rank two and three with 199.6 marks each. In Physics, Chemistry and Maths, Shomik Raina son of Satish Kumar Raina top ranked with 185 marks in PCM (Physic, Chemistry and Maths).
Asked about his view on cancellation of the CET exams in June following a goof-up by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE), Haroon said, It was disturbing to be honest.
Even though I had feared well in the two papers before they were cancelled, it was disturbing.
Earlier, the BOPEE declared the results of the Common Entrance Test-2013, conducted on July 27 and 28.
When contacted Chairman J&K BOPEE, Prof R D Sharma said: Almost 24,000-students had applied for the examination out of which nearly 2030 got selected.
Pertinently it is for the first time in JK-CET, negative marking was introduced. Last month, the BOPEE had to cancel the examination of Chemistry paper and postpone the Biology paper of the CET due to its negligence which led to the leakage of the Biology paper a day ahead of its scheduled exam.
The BOPEE took the action after it was reported that invigilating staff at one of the centers in Srinagar on June 22 had distributed Biology paper instead of Chemistry paper.
Due to this goof up, thousands of candidates aspiring to get into various professional courses like MBBS, BDS, Engineering, BVSc and BSc (Agriculture) were left in agony. BOPEE then rescheduled the examination of both the papers on July 27 and 28. With inputs from KNS
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