Over 10 thousand students who took Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examination in March 2017 came out with a smile on Monday after the declaration of results. Students of Jamshedpur once again proved their mettle by clinching top positions in State, Pratiksha Mishra, a student of loyola School topped the city as well as in State with 98.60 per cent in class X.
Similarly in ISC Science stream, Madhav Kauntia of Carmel Junior College, jamshedpur topped the State with 98 per cent. The toppers of the steel city who have made their school and family proud with their performance look forward to serve the nation regardless of any career they opt for.
“I am happy with my performance. My aim is to ensure development of India. I am looking forward to make my career in the field of software engineering and looking forward to crack IIT,” stated Madhav, who owes his success to his parents.
School authorities expressed satisfaction over the performance of students. “Our students have shown their mettle in the academic fields. We wish them all the best for their future,” said, Father Sebastian, Principal of loyola School.
In Bokaro District Baishnavi Priya, student of St. Xavier School Bokaro scored 97.8 per cent marks in class X ICSE board examination, followed by Yash Tarun who scored 95.6 per cent marks. Akanksha Singh and Tarunendu Arya got 95.4 per cent while Madhumita scored 95.2 percent. Hundred percent students have been declared successful in class X exam while 33 of them scored above 90 per cent marks informed the school authority.
This year, boys outshined girls in class XII (Science) examination in Bokaro district. Sudeep Sarkhel of St. Xavier School Bokaro scored 98 per cent marks followed by Ayush Kumar 95 per cent and Vivek Chandra who scored 92.25 per cent marks. In Commerce stream, Srishti Bala student of St. Xavier School Bokaro scored 96.25 percent marks. Sanskriti lal got 95.25 and Simran Bhimjyani scored 93 per cent marks in commerce.
In the Capital City, Md. Areeb Hussain of St. Thomas School grabbed the top position in class X ICSE exam by scoring 98.2 percent followed by Prashansa Singh who secured 98 per cent. Hussain’s father runs a small grocery shop in Ranchi. He aspires to become a computer science engineer and advises all the future aspirants to keep their basic concept clear as it help students in getting descent percentage.
Vikesh Gupta of St. Xavier’s School, Doranda scored 97 per cent marks in class X, while Abhishek Srivastava and Akansha Priya of St. Xavier’s School, Doranda clinched the top position in Capital City in science stream of ISC securing 97.25 per cent marks.
Students of other ICSE and ISC schools in Ranchi performed equally well in the examination scoring high percentage. Yashaswi Singh of Bishop Westcott Girls’ School, Doranda topped in her school scoring 94.8 per cent followed by Mahima Priya, Faria Eqbal who scored 94.2 per cent. Shreya Prasad of loreto Convent scored 96.24 per cent.
Jharkhand State in 2017 scored an overall pass percentage of 99.05 per cent in ICSE and 96.39 per cent in ISC. The state had a total number of 10,681 examinees in class X out of which 53.83 per cent were boys and 46.17 per cent were girls. In ISC 4,159 students across 49 schools appeared from Jharkhand out of which 48.64 per cent were boys and 51.36 per cent were girls.
While Jamshedpur has 32 CISCE schools, Ranchi has 24 CISCE schools followed by Dhanbad which has 12 CISCE schools. Bokaro and Hazaribagh have two and one school respectively. The rest 29 schools are scattered across other districts of Jharkhand.