Himachal school board declares Class XII results, girls bag top positions

Lalit Mohan

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, April 24 

Girls dominated top positions in Arts, Science and Commerce streams in Class XII, the results of which were declared by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBSE) on Tuesday.

In Arts stream, Akshama Thakur from Hamirpur bagged the top position, Garima Mahajan from Chamba and Kewal from Chamba came second and third.

In commerce stream, Saijal Arora from Sirmour topped, Prachi Chauhan from Nahan came second and Shaksham Lohia from Kahan came third.

In Science stream, Sahil Kattan from Bagwara area of Hamirpur topped, Vikrant Rewal from Pungh Sundernagar area in Sirmour and Samridhi Sehgal from Hamirpur district bagged second and third positions.

Board Chairman Rajiv Shankar said this year the overall pass percentage was 70.18 per cent.

A total of 98,281 students had appeared in the examinations out of which 68.621 passed, while another 15,785 will have to reappear in one subject.