Subham Acharya of city-based Mothers Public School topped the Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) in the Bhubaneswar region results of which were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday.
While Acharya has secured 98.40 per cent marks, Ayushi Agrawal stood second and Rishav Kumar and Sandeep Patnaik of Bhubaneswar region jointly secured third position in the examinations.
The pass percentage of girls in the Odisha region is 91.82 per cent while the pass percentage of boys in the region is 86.27 per cent. Compared to the pass percentage in the private schools in Bhubaneswar region which is 87.21, the performance of the Government schools is disappointing with 67.86 per cent.
On the other hand, students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have come up with flying colours with a pass percentage of 97.40 while the Kendriya Vidyalayas also have a commendable performance with 94.40 percent pass results.
Out of a total of 10,69,900 students in the country, 52,080 students of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal in the Bhubaneswar region had appeared in the examinations of which about 13,000 students were from Odisha.