Khadoor Sahib girl tops PSEB Class 10 exams

Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 24

Girls outperformed boys in class 10 examination, results of which were declared by Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Tuesday. Overall pass percentage stood at 72.25 per cent.

Simrandeep Kaur from Khadoor Sahib stood first with 99.08 per cent. Simranpreet Kaur from Chheharta, Amristar, came a close second at 98.92 per cent while Ludhiana’s Arsh Malhotra came third at 98.77.

All three top positions in sports category were taken by candidates from Ludhiana. Tanisha Sharma and Pushwinder Kaur have been declared topper in the sports category. Damanpreet Kaur and Mehakjot Singh got second and third positions, respectively.

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A total of 355 students named in the merit list have secured marks ranging from 96.18 to 100 per cent.

Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal, chairperson of the board, said girls’ pass percentage was 78.30 per cent while pass percentage of boys was 67.43 per cent.

A total of 355 students secured a place in merit and the student placed last in this merit list got 625 marks out of 650, Dhaliwal said.

"The state witnessed an increase in the number of students getting more than 80 per cent marks for the second consecutive year," she said.

This year, 39,041 students got 80 per cent or more marks which included 10,255 students studying in government schools.

The cut out list of merit stopped at 96.18 per cent.

Among subjects, Punjabi got the top billing with pass percentage remaining at 94.98 per cent.

Dhaliwal said the pass percentage of rural area students was 72.66 per cent and that of urban area students was 71.46 per cent.

The result of affiliated schools was 82.76 per cent, associated schools 70.46 per cent, government schools 69.03 per cent and aided schools 69.28 per cent.

Dhaliwal said Ludhiana achieved the top ranking in merit list with 121 students. Bathinda and Hoshiarpur had 29 students each, Patiala had 28, Amritsar had 16 and Barnala had 15 students in the merit list.

The board again prepared separate sportspersons and academic merit lists, she said. — With PTI inputs