Girls shine in arts and commerce, boys in science
DHARAMSHALA:GIRLS put up a stellar performance in the arts and commerce streams while boys dominated the science stream’s merit list in the Class-12 examinations conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE), results declared on Tuesday showed.
The overall pass percentage was 70.18%. HPBOSE chairman Rajiv K Shankar said 98,281 students appeared for the examinations, of which 68,261 passed. While 15,775 candidates got a compartment.
Board secretary Harish Gajju said the pass percentage has declined by 2.71% as compared to last year’s 72.89%.
The examinations were held between March 6 and 29.
SCIENCE STARS
Sahil Katna of Hamirpur district and Vikrant Rewal of Mandi district jointly topped the science stream by scoring 98%, followed by Samridhi Sehgal of Hamirpur and Pranjal Rana of Kangra district, who jointly bagged the second position by scoring 97.8% marks. M Akhil Rana of Kullu, and Devesh Rana of Una district tied for the third position by scoring 97.4% marks.
ARTS ACES
In the arts stream, Akshma Thakur of Hamirpur, grabbed the top spot with 95.8% marks, followed by Garima Mahajan of Chamba, with 95.4% marks. Kewal (94.6%) of bagged the third position.
COMMERCE CHAMPS
Saijal Arora of Sirmaur district topped the commerce stream by scoring 96.6% marks, followed by Prachi Chauhan of Nahan, Sirmaur district, with 96.2% marks.
Saksham Lohia (95.4%) of Nahan grabbed the third position.