Students of Steel City once again proved their mettle in the class 10th and 12 examination conducted by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), New Delhi.
The city topper of ICSE was Ekta Kumari from Rajendra Vidyalaya with 97.8 per cent followed by Shruti Rajlakshmi of loyola School and Utkarsh Tyagi of Hill Top School with 97.6 per cent. Sumeet Khandelwal of Hill Top School scored third with 97.4 per cent.
Anugrah Agnihotri of DBMS English School was crowned ISC Science topper with 98 per cent followed by Pooja Giri of Hill Top School with 97.25 per cent.
ISC Commerce topper honour went to Pooja Parwal of DBMS English School with 97.25 followed by Aakarshan Poddar of the same school with 97 per cent and Rohan Kauntia from loyola School with 96.75 per cent.
The first position of ISC Arts was bagged by Alokparna Chatterjee of Sacred Heart Convent School with 93.25 per cent followed by Harsha Puja Joseph of loyola School with 90. 5 per cent and Neha Murmu of Tagore Academy stood third with 86 per cent.
“I am happy with my performance. I am keeping my fingers crossed for my future too. I want to pursue my career in the field of science and would go for IIT. I am focused to crack JEE Advanced which is scheduled on June 2. I want to pursue a B.Tech degree in computer science," said Anugrah.
Busy receiving calls from friends and media, Anugrah said that he owe his success to hard work and routine study. “I am really thrilled with my performance. I put in hard in hard efforts during the exam but never expected to top the city,” said a shy student.
"We are happy with the performance of our students. Both girls and boys have performed equally this time," said Victor Misquith, prinicipal of loyola School. Nonetheless, the toppers of the city who have made their school and family proud of their performance have said in unison that they wish to play a role in the development of the country.
Schools by and large expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the results. "Our students have shown their mettle in the academic fields. We wish them all the best for their future," said Sister Teresita Mary, principal of Scared Heart of Convent. The internet cafes witnessed a huge rush, curious students thronged the cyber houses to know the results.