Some private candidates too do better

Aishwarya B.A., a native of Kushalnagar, studied in an informal education centre in Mangaluru and scored 93.5% in Commerce by appearing as a private candidate.

Another student of the same centre, Vishwas Huli Gowda, a native of Bengaluru, scored 75 % in Arts stream also by appearing as a private candidate.

“When I can achieve such a feat, it is better to be get involved in fine arts than waste the whole year going through portions,” he said.

Ms. Aishwarya said: “I have now taken admission at a coaching institute in Hyderabad to prepare for Civil Services while doing B.A.”

Mr. Huli Gowda said that his father, Shivakumar Hulipura, admitted him to the kendra two years ago.

“I was average in studies. My father left me here to try out this new form of education.” After few weeks of acclimatisation, Mr. Huli Gowda said he started liking the informal system of learning and started to come out with his own drawings of text.

He started paintings last year. Among the several paintings he made included an abstract painting of the 2nd year PU history text in the form of “Kalachakara”. He has also come out with painting on the Class 10 CBSE science textbook.

Among the paintings made by Ms. Aishwarya, who has spent four years with the kendra, included a creative art on the 15 lessons in Sanskrit.

Mr. Huli Gowda and other students of the kendra recently held exhibition of their 48 paintings at an art gallery in the city.