The girls outwitted the boys in the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) examination result of Higher Secondary Class-12 declared here on Friday.
Among the 2, 68,891 students who appeared in the examination 1,95,115 cleared it with a total passing percentage of 72.86. Even though the number of boys appeared in the examination was higher than the girls the latter came out in flying colours compared to the former.
According to Chairman of the Board Dinesh Shrivastava, 1,44,754 boys appeared in the examination and only 70. 22 per cent of them could clear the exam compared to the 75.93 per cent of girls of the total of 1,24,137.
The top position was secured by Preeti Tolani from Bhatapara area. She scored 95.20 percent. Apart from Tolani, 30 students made their places in the top-10 merit list. The second place in marks tally was jointly shared by a tribal boy Rajendra Kujur from Ambikapur and Shweta Kumari from Manendragarh.
The duo scored 94.40 percent marks. Chandni Godheja from Raipur grabbed the third place with 94.20 percent marks. Interestingly Sarita Singh from the worst Maoist insurgency hit Dantewada district by scoring 93.20 percent was able to make place in the merit list.
When it came to scoring marks, only 13.43 per cent bagged first class followed by 38.80 per cent second class and 20.23 per cent third class. Similarly, 1040 others were declared just passed and 31,694 got supplementary. The Board also withheld the results of 434 students for different reasons and cancelled the results of 678.