Girls outshined boys in the CBSE X exams this year. Anjali Jain of Carmel Convent and Yasika Mangnani of Delhi Public School (DPS) topped the State and city with 98.2%.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was declared a result of Class 10 on Tuesday. The students were very happy after the results were declared on CBSE website.
Pulakit Paliwal of DPS ranked second with 98% percent marks. Along with this, four students got the third position jointly by taking 97.8% marks.
In this, Tanisha Jain, Arohi Jain and Swapnil Jain of St. Joseph Coed School, as well as Mehr Khan of St. Joseph Convent, Madhur Saraf, Jain Sharda Vidya Mandir and School Tanishka Pandit - Carmel Convent are on third position with 96.7%.
It is to be noted that about 15 thousand students from Bhopal had given the examination. This time, by removing the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) which was implemented seven years ago in CBSE, the board examinations were conducted on percentage and marking method. Students have a positive feedback about this. The students said, it took more interest in bringing us more number and preparation.
Talking about the success Anjali said, “I used to study for about 7 hours and did a lot of hard work. I used to study constantly and did not waste time on social media.” Anjali wants to crack IIT and has chosen PCM as her subject. Anjali says there is nothing possible without hard work. On the other hand Yashika gives the entire credit of her success to her parents and teachers. She said, “I give all the credit to my parents and teachers as they were also doing constant hardwork along with me.” Yashika wants to crack UPSC this year and has chosen Commerce as her subject. Pulkit on the other hand said that he enjoyed a quality time with his family and friends. "I did not compromise with my time and divided my time accordingly." Pulkit said that he has already cleared NTSE and is now preparing for the second stage.