There were celebrations in the CBSE affiliated schools of the city as results started pouring after 12 noon on Monday. Anxious teachers, parents and students kept their eyes on the website of the CBSE from the morning to get the results. The Principal of Grace Academy Benjamin Newton heaped praises on Dehradun topper Helen Mary. She scored 488 marks out of 500. He said that he was hoping that she would score very good marks but admitted that finding her on very top was a pleasant surprise considering the level of the competition.
Suverna Bisht of Doon International School who with 487 marks got second position in Dehradun too was not expecting that she would be in top bracket. She said that she devoted only 5-6 hours daily on studies. “The secret of my success is concentrated studies and a relaxed attitude. My parents and teachers also supported me a lot”, she claimed. Suverna secured 100 marks in home science, 99 marks in Chemistry, 98 marks in Physics and 95 each in Mathematics and English. Rhythem Singhal top scored the commerce stream in Doon International School with 95.6 per cent marks. Tanushree Jain of same school, who secured 95 Percent marks, said that she wanted to pursue higher studies from Delhi University.
In Kendriya Vidhyalaya (ONGC) Ankush Kamboj top scored with 96.4 per cent marks. In Commerce stream Divya Aggarwal was ranked first with 94.6 per cent marks while Anuj Panwar with 93.2 per cent marks got top position in Humanities. In Indian Academy Rahul Rawat got top position with 94 per cent marks. In SGRR school Patel Nagar, Vijay Singh Panwar got highest marks with 96.8 per cent while Divyansh Rajwanshi got 96 per cent marks.