Noida girl tops CBSE with 99.6%

SLIGHT DIP The pass percentage has gone down from 83.05% to 82%

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced the results of Class 12 examination with Raksha Gopal from Noida’s Amity International School scoring 99.6% marks to bag the top slot.

Bhumi Sawant of Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir in Chandigarh emerged as the second topper with 99.4% and Aditya Jain from the same school bagged 99.2% to become the third topper. Mannat Luthra of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh got 99.2% and was placed fourth.

The all India pass percentage has gone down from 83.05% to 82% this year, a senior CBSE official said.

The board has also started a helpline with toll free number 18000118004 for psychological counselling.

A keyboard player and a voracious reader who is currently learning French, Raksha is described as multi-faceted by her friends and family.

Her elder sister Prerna said the 17-year-old is a lot more than her impressive score. “She has completed five levels in electric keyboard from a Delhi based institute affiliated with Trinity College of Music, London and she has also completed C1 grade in French from Alliance Francaise. My sister is multi-talented,” she said.

Raksha’s father Gopal Srinivasan, who works as chief finance officer in Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, said he never put any pressure on her to per

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