Patna,(BiharTimes): With 97.75%,Shruti Priya (Science stream) of Mount Assisi School in Bhagalpur topped Class 12 exam conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) while in Class 10, both Mohammad Taay Hannan and Vishisht Priyadarshi of St Xavier’s High School, Patna, got highest 98.4%, which is highest in the state.

The result was announced on Friday.

The state registered a pass percentage of 99.61% in the Class 12 examination while in Class 10, it was 98.79%.
In Class 10, girls of the state outperformed the boys by registering a pass percentage of 98.87%, as against the boys’ pass percentage of 98.74%. In Class 12, however, it was the boys, who, with a pass percentage of 99.63%, outshone the girls, whose pass percentage was recorded at 99.55%.

Altogether, 4,306 students––2,452 boys and 1,854 girls––appeared in the Class 10 examinations. In the Class 12 examinations, 762 students appeared from the state––538 girls and 224 boys.

The number of students who failed in Class 10 and 12 were 52 (31 boys and 21 girls) and 3 (one boy and two girls), respectively.

In all 133 Scheduled Caste, 64 Scheduled Tribe and 1,341 Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates appeared in the Class 10 examination from the state securing a pass percentage of 98.5, 96.88 and 99.33, respectively.

In Class 12, 21 SC, 28 ST and 205 OBC students appeared and secured 100% pass percentage.