Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel elated with Swami Atmanand School performance
Team News Riveting
Raipur, May 10
Girls have outperformed boys in the higher secondary and high school board examinations conducted by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The results of higher secondary (12th) and high school (10th) board examinations were announced on Wednesday. Around 7 lakh students appeared in the examinations.
Vidhi Bhosle of Pussore in Raigarh district has topped the 12th board examination securing 98.20 per cent marks followed by Vivek Agarwal of Sakti, who obtained 97.40 per cent marks.
In the 10th board examination, Rahul Yadav of Swami Atmanand School in Jashpur was on the top spot with 98.83 per cent marks followed by Sikandar Yadav of the same school with 98.67 per cent marks.
According to board officials, 3,28,121 candidates had registered for the Higher Secondary School Certificate main examination in 2023. Of them, 3,23,625 candidates appeared in the examination. It included 1,43,919 boys and 1,79,706 girls. The officials said 2,58,500 candidates passed the examination, which is 79.96 per cent. Of those who have made it to college, 83.64 per cent are girls and 75.36 are boys. The number of candidates passed in the first division is 87,140 (26.96 percent).
A total of 3,37,569 candidates were registered in the High School Certificate main examination this year while 3,30,681 candidates appeared to write the papers. It includes 1,52,891 boys and 177,790 girls. The officials said 75.05 percent of candidates passed the exam to enter the higher secondary school. Of them, 79.16 per cent are girls and 70.26 per cent are boys. The number of candidates passed in the first division is 1,09,903 (33.30 percent).
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel congratulated the successful students and their parents for the feat. He said the top 10 students of both the examinations will be felicitated with a helicopter ride. Baghel also expressed happiness over the outstanding performance of students from Swami Atmanand Schools, an ambitious project launched by him to strengthen education infrastructure.
Stating that it is just a beginning, Baghel tweeted: “Satisfied to say that 10 out of 48 students in top 10 in Class X are from Swami Atmanand School, Rank 1 and Rank 2 students are also from Swami Atmanand School. Also, out of 30 students in the top 10 in class XII, 5 students are from Swami Atmanand School”.
