Paras Sharma of a Delhi school and Sopan Khosla from Jabalpur are among the all-India toppers in the Class XII CBSE exams. The results were announced on Monday.
Paras of Lancer Convent Senior Secondary School in Outer Delhi’s Rohini topped the exams all over India scoring 99 per cent in Commerce stream.
Sopan Khosla from DPS, Jabalpur, in Madhya Pradesh also scored 99 per cent in Science stream.
A happy Paras, who wants to pursue economics in his higher studies, said he did not expect 99 per cent though he was sure he would score above 97 per cent.
Asked why he chose Commerce, he said, “After Class X, I joined a coaching to know more about my interests and I realised that I was not comfortable with Science. I thank my parents for the support they gave after I took this decision.”
In Bhubaneswar region, girls outscored boys in the CBSE XII examinations. Girls registered a pass percentage of 89.08 against 83.37 by boys.
The overall pass percentage in Bhubaneswar region was 85.81 per cent, slightly higher than last year’s 83.84 per cent.
Nikhil Singhania of DAV Public School, Burla, scored the highest 98.6 per cent in Science stream in the State. CBSE-affiliated schools across Bhubaneswar also performed well with a substantial number of students scoring above 90 per cent.
Srestha Panda from DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, was one of the highest scorers with 98 per cent in Science stream.
Of the total 224 students who appeared for the examinations from DAV-Chandrasekharpur, 112 have managed to score more than 90 per cent, which is a record.
At Mother’s Public School, Akansha Patnaik topped the Science stream by scoring 97.4 per cent and Partha Sarathi topped the Commerce stream with 95.2 per cent.