A felicitation ceremony for the meritorious students of the DAV Regional Directorate, Odisha Zone-I consisting of 26 DAV Public Schools and 91 students who have secured more than 95 per cent marks in the CBSE Std XII Examination 2014, was held at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur campus here on Sunday.
Besides, the meritorious students of AIPMT, JEE (Advanced) and State toppers of the zone were also felicitated at the function. Minister of School and Mass Education Debi Prasad Mishra, who was the chief guest on the occasion, gave away the prizes to the students.
Among others, Regional Director KC Satapathy, Principals of 26 DAV Public Schools of the Zone, Chairmen Madan Mohan Panda and Sarat Chandra Mishra were on
the dais. This year, 1,302 students had appeared at Std-XII in Science, Commerce and Humanities streams from this zone, out of which 1,296 (99.53%) successfully qualified, which, indeed, is a national record.
The most remarkable factor is that 383 students secured more than 90% marks and 91 secured 95% and above marks.