Proving their mettle once again, the fairer sex aced the intermediate science (ISc) examinations conducted by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) with 93.25% of the girls succeeding followed by boys at 91.45%. Patna girl Juhi, a student of Sir Ganesh Dutt Memorial College, West Bailey Road, was declared the overall topper with 420 marks (84%). From Purnia division, Adarsh Aman from Araria made the area proud by securing 7th position in Top 10 list.
Juhi was the only Patnaite to make it among the 20 students (including 7 girls) who ranked in the top 10. Raushan Kumar (417) of Sri Sri 108 M R J D I College, Begusarai, was ranked second followed by Varshaa of V R College, Vaishali and Shekhar Suman of B M College, Munger, who shared the third position with 416 marks.
Announcing the results on Thursday, chairman of Bihar School Examination Board Rajmani Prasad Singh and secretary Lalan Jha expressed delight that the overall pass percentage of ISc continued its northward trend at 91.87% this year, compared to 91.36% in 2012 and 90.81% in 2011. "The board would reward the toppers so that students are encouraged to perform better," said Singh, adding that 51.22% students passed with first division and 39.57% in second division.
BSEB's decision to declare science results before arts and commerce streams came in the wake of the new JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) pattern where the class 12 marks would carry 40% weightage, said Jha. "This year, we had tried to improve the evaluation system by appointing only qualified teachers for the purpose and answers copies of the toppers have also been thoroughly checked," Jha mentioned.
In fact, BSEB established its claim that the boycott of ISc evaluation by examiners belonging to unaided intermediate and Degree colleges would not delay the results.
Other students who ranked in top 10 are: Rahul Raj, Aastha, Kumar Abhinandan, Shalini, Sonal Agrawal, Adarsh Aman, Lalit Kumar, Monika Kumari, Rupam Kumari, Shilpi Kumar, Mohammad Shahid, Ritika Raj, Rajan Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Hemant Kumar and Amit Ranjan.
Over 3.68 lakh students, including 2.82 lakh boys and 86,000 girls, had filled the forms for the ISc exams but only 3.62 lakh students appeared at the exams, including over 2.77 lakh boys and 84,818 girls. Altogether, 26,684 students failed the examinations while results of 1,460 examinees are pending.
In terms of division-wise performance, Patna was on top among the divisions with a pass percentage of 93.59%, followed by Magadh (92.67%), Tirhut (92.8%), Saran (90.38%) and Darbhanga (88.49%). The girls of Tirhut division had the best pass percentage 95.72%, followed by Saran 95.04%, Kosi 94.99% and Purnia 94.99%. The boys of Patna division surpassed others with the best pass percentage 93.59%, while the Kosi and Purnia division came aclose second and third with 92.98% and 92.80% respectively.
