Himachal girls shine in CBSE Class X exams

Tribune News Service

Shimla, August 3

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results of Class X today.

The examination to be held in May this year was cancelled due to the second wave of Covid and the results were prepared on the basis of marks obtained by students in the tests and exams conducted throughout the academic year.

The 80:20 marking criterion was followed in which 80 per cent weightage was given to unit tests and pre-boards and 20 per cent for practical and project work. No merit list is declared this year.

According to the data available with the correspondent, girls outshone boys in Class X examinations.

As many as 28 of the 110 students of MCM DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Baghni (Nurpur), scored over 90 per cent. Jahnvi got the top position with 98 per cent marks followed by Bhanu Sharma 97 per cent and Jasmine Sandhu 96.6 per cent.

Vedansh Pande, securing 97.8 per cent marks, topped Dayanand Public School, Shimla, Medhavi Gupta with 97.5 per cent marks grabbed the second position while Vrinda Sood (96.2 per cent) stood third. As many as 37 students scored over 90 per cent marks. Principal Anupam congratulated the students, parents and the staff.

Sejal Sharma 97.8 per cent, Sugandhi 97.6 per cent and Nancy Singh bagged the top three positions in Convent of Jesus and Mary, Chelsea. As many as 36 students of the 124 scored above 90 per cent.

As many as 54 of the 238 students of DAV-New Shimla scored over 90 per cent. Dhruv Bhagat with 96.8 per cent topped the school while Anahita and Anusha scoring 96.6 per cent marks stood second and Shivoshita and Utkarsh with 96.2 per cent were third.

Principal Rakesh Kumar Chandel congratulated all students and parents.

Akrita Sharma, Shikhar Thakur, Ansh Bhan Singh securing 95.8 per cent, 94.8 per cent and 94 per cent bagged the first three positions in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jutogh. Karunesh Sen grabbed the first position by scoring 97 per cent marks in Indus Global School and Jasbir Singh 92.6 per cent and Arnav Arora (92 per cent) were second and third.

In Loreto Convent Tara Hall, Shimla, Ishani Ghosh with 95.4 per cent marks stood first while Sephal Gyamba (95.2 per cent) and Inaya Azami (95.2 per cent) stood second and third. Principal Sr Goretti Tirkey congratulated students as 79 of the 139 students scored over 90 per cent marks.

Mohit Sharma (94 per cent), Savi Rustagi (93.8 per cent) and Krish Nagpal 93.6 per cent bagged the top three positions in BD DAV Senior Secondary School, Dharamsala.