ludhiana’s Riya Garg has topped the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class X exams by scoring 97.69 per cent. A student of RS Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, Riya has got 635 marks out of 650.
She would get a cash award of Rs 1 lakh from the Punjab government as the PSEB has decided to reward the top three students in the Class X examination from this year.
Following her closely are two students — Mahima Nagpal of RS Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, ludhiana, and Ankush Mahajan of Bal Vidya Mandir High School, Nangal Kotli Mandi, Gurdaspur — tying up for the second position.
Both of them have secured 632 marks out of total 650 — 97.23 per cent. They would get cash award of Rs 75,000.
The third position was shared by four students —Jannatpreet Kaur of RS Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, ludhiana; Gaganjot Kaur of SAV Jain Day Boarding Senior Secondary School, Hoshiarpur; lokesh Mahajan of Vivekanand High School, Pathankot and Muskan Garg of Surajkund Sarvhitkari Vidya Mandir, Sangrur.
All of them have got 96.92 per cent by securing 630 marks out of 650, and would get cash award of Rs 50,000.
The State, this year, witnessed the total pass percentage of 72.25 per cent — nearly three percent higher than the previous year’s score of 69.23 per cent.
More than 3.5 lakh students appeared in the examination, held in March-April 2014.