Girls dominate PSEB Class X results

Akshnoor Kaur of Sant Mohan Das Memorial Senior Secondary School, Kot Suthiyan, Faridkot, scored a perfect 100 per cent (650/650) to top the PSEB Class X results today.

Ratinderdeep Kaur of Baba Farid Public Senior Seconday School, Chhattiana, Muktsar; Arshdeep Kaur of Ram Saroop Memorial Senior Secondary School, Chaunda, Malerkotla; and Jahsanpreet Kaur Gill of Sant Mohan Das Memorial Senior Secondary School, Kot Suthiyan, Faridkot, all scored 650/650, to bag the second, third and fourth position respectively, due to the age difference criteria.

The top three students, all from Malwa region, are from sports category with achievements in rugby, netball and gatka. "This year, the top three positions in the PSEB Class XII and Class X results have gone to girls," said PSEB chairman Amarpal Singh. As many as 2,65,548 students of the total 2,77,746 in 7,009 schools of the state passed the annual examination with an overall pass percentage of 95.61.

Amritsar (98.54%), Gurdaspur (98.22%), Tarn Taran (98.08%) emerged as the top-three in the 23 districts of the state. Mohali (96.74%) was placed 11th on the list and Ludhiana (91.62%) at the bottom.

Girls (96.85%) outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 94.50. The 300-student merit list has 256 girls (85.33%) and only 14 boys, contributing only 14.66% to the list. Two out of four transgenders cleared the exam.

The pass percentage in urban areas (94.71%) is less than in rural area (96.09%). A total of 3,338 non-government schools (96.96%) fared slightly better than 3,671 government schools (95.47%).

Not a single male student from five districts -- Mohali, Kapurthala, Muktsar, Ferozepur, and Mansa -- made it to the merit list. Only girl student from Mohali district found a place on the merit list.