• ;WITH CTE AS (

    SELECT

    Name,

    [Month],

    [Year],

    Mark,

    rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Name ORDER BY <<Something>>)

    FROM tblStudent

    )

    SELECT

    Name,

    [Month],

    [Year],

    Mark

    FROM CTE

    WHERE rn = 1

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