‘Prayer & Hard Work are my Mantra to Success’: HSLC Topper, Sholu Movi

Sholu Movi

Securing the Top 28 position in the recently declared High School Leaving Certificate Examinations, Sholu Movi has made his school and community proud through “prayer and hard work”, which, he says are his mantra for success. He exemplifies sheer discipline, especially of that group of students, whose parents are mostly occupied with agriculture in the villages, while sending their children to better schools outside their homes. Sholu Movi hails from Zhavame Village and lives with his three other siblings in a rented house in Kohima, sometimes taking the responsibility of cooking and cleaning before and after school.

When asked if it was more of a challenge not having his parents around during his high school days, his answer is a pure reflection of his positive attitude to life. For he says, “when you have your parents around you while you are studying, you tend to take your studies more lightly.” Well, he has definitely proved that one’s challenges can be transformed into positive results, and the position he earned in the HSLC is testimony to it.

Son of Motesou Movi and Liarhü Movi, the young boy passed out from Christ King Higher Secondary School, Kohima with an overwhelming percentage of 91.67% and clinching the Top 28 position while also scoring distinction marks in all the subjects including English, Science, Social Science, Mathematics, IIT and Alternative English.

So, did he hope to make it to the top 50 list? And his answer was a firm ‘NO’, while explaining that he did not do so well in Mathematics and Social Science. And yet, he still managed to score distinction marks in these two subjects, securing a total of 88 marks in Social Science and 89 marks in Mathematics respectively. Needless to say, the rest of the subjects have all crossed the 90 mark.

Mathematics, being his favourite subject, it is also natural that his favourite teacher in the school happens to be his Math teacher- Madam Prasana, as he puts it.

Success is well deserving for somebody who made it a point to study little by little, every working day, leaving him room, large enough for revision during examinations. However, matriculation being a crucial period in a student’s life, he devoted a generous 5-6 hours of preparation everyday, two to three weeks before the examination commenced, while also dedicating 3-4 hours of revision on days when he appeared for the examination.

He did confess, that laziness was a big hurdle, “but whenever I felt lazy to study, I always thought of the good result that I wanted and that’s how I overcame laziness”, he enlightened.

His parents are understandably proud of his achievements. Their immediate reaction to his good result was, “We are very happy. We thank God and we thank you.”

For Sholu Movi, the important qualities to succeed as a student is, firstly to put God before everything else, to work hard and to make a habit of studying everyday.

The young boy aspires to become a doctor in the future and is currently in the process of getting admitted to Kohima Science College. His privilege as one of the toppers is also, direct admission to the college. He also enjoys reading and playing computer games in his leisure time.