Ekta Singhai, a student of Guru Ramchandra Jha Public School, has brought laurels to the city by ranking 5th in the merit list of Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Educationin X annual examination. She secured 581 marks out of 600 including 100 out of 100 in science subject. The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Educationin (MPBSE) declared the Class 10th results on Thursday at 2 pm.
Principal of Guru Ramchandra Jha Public School Mahesh Kuswaha attributed her success to her hard work as well school teachers' commitment. Elated Ekta said that science has been her favourite subject and she would like to become a software engineer. She attributed her success to her teachers and parents. Among boys, Ritesh Mangal of Radhakrishna Daga Maheshwari school has topped Indore district by scoring 574 marks out of 600.
A total of 49.79% students passed in Indore district in the 10th standard examinations declared on Thursday afternoon. Though performance of students in this year's examination has been slightly better with about 2% students qualifying in the examination this year as compared to last year's 47.74%, overall the examination results are far from satisfactory.
In Indore division, only 52.48% of regular students have passed 10th examination, while 12.71% private students in Indore division have qualified in the examination. Performance of private students who have qualified in the examination has also turned out to be poor with merely 9.84% of private students qualifying in this year's examination.