A naxal den, a human trafficking prone district and now a ‘Patthalgadi’ spot, Khunti district is known for several notorious activities. However, this year again, Khunti has been able to retain its top position in State Board (Intermediate - Arts) examination for the second consecutive time. The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Wednesday declared the result of Intermediate (Arts) stream where over 1, 32, 179 students from across the State were declared successful, placing Khunti on the top slot.
As many as 2,912 students appeared in the examination where 2,694 students were declared successful from Khunti with 92. 51 pass percentage. Interestingly, the pass percentage of Khunti district has increased by 2.10 per cent this year. In 2017, Khunti district has registered 90.41 pass percentage.
Khunti was followed by lohardaga and Ranchi with the pass percentage 90.6 and 86.66 respectively. From lohardaga, 2,439 students cleared the examination while from the State Capital around 17, 536 students tasted success. The overall pass percentage this year is 72.62; an increase of 0.67 percentage in Inter –Arts stream has been recorded.
According to the records of Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC), 76,933 boys took the examination where 54,295 came out with flying colours recording 70.57 pass per cent. Meanwhile, in (Arts) stream yet again, girls outshone boys with overall 74.12 per cent. Out of 1, 05, 066 girls, 7,884 were declared successful from all the 24 districts of the State.
In the academic year - 2018, 12,430 students were placed in first position whereas 88,805 candidates got second position and 30,943 students got third division. A student of St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi – Gaurav Ankit Kumar stole the show on Wednesday grabbing the State topper tag in Intermediate (Arts) stream. Gaurav Ankit scored 86.2 per cent in the examination.
“Only through hard work and dedication, I am able to clinch the State Topper tag. Also, I am glad that I am able to break the stigma to an extent that Humanities subjects are less scoring and one cannot get more than 75 per cent in this stream. I want to pursue law and appear for Judicial Examination,” said the proud Humanities State Topper who secured 431 marks out of 500.
Furthermore, Mukesh Kumar of SS Model +2 High School, Patratu became the second State topper scoring 423 marks. Siddharth Shankhar Hembrom of Marwari (+2) High School, Chakradharpur was declared the third State Topper. Hembrom scored 420 marks out of 500.