With 98.6%, Veena tops Tarn Taran district

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, July 21

Girl students in the border belt have bagged the top three positions in the district in the results of Class XII declared by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Tuesday.

Satnam Singh Bath, District Education Officer (DEO), said Veena Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Patti, topped the district with 98.6 per cent marks, followed by Simarjit Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Valtoha, with 98.44 per cent marks. Harmanpreet Kaur of Government Senior Secondary School, Kot Budha, bagged the third position with 98 per cent marks.

The DEO said of 9,996 students who appeared in the exam in the district, 9,177 cleared these, giving 91.81% results.

Baba Gurmukh Singh Uttam Singh Senior Secondary School, Khadoor Sahib, reported 100 per cent results, with six students of the school obtaining above 95 per cent marks and 34 students scoring above 90 per cent marks. Beerinder Singh Pannu, principal of the school, said Simranpreet Kaur obtained 97.1 per cent marks, Gurleen Kaur scored 96.4 per cent marks and Kusampreet Kaur got 96.22 per cent marks in the science stream. In the commerce stream, Jaspal Kaur obtained 96.9 per cent marks, Judgebir Singh scored 96.7 per cent marks and Gursharn Kaur got 95.1 per cent marks.

Shah Harbans Singh International Public School, Rani Wallaha, also reported 100 per cent results, said Gulwinder Singh Sandhu, managing director of the school.