Vaishali girl tops Bihar matric exam

PATNA: Defying the belief that Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) students don't score high, Vaishali girl Shalinee Roy secured as much as 97.2% (486 marks) to top the BSEB matriculation exams, results of which were declared on Thursday afternoon. However, with 78.7% boys clearing the exam compared to only 72.9% girls, the fairer sex lagged in the class X exams.
In fact, Shalinee was the only student among 13.23 lakh examinees to score more than 90% marks.Ara boy Manish Kumar Mishra, a student of H N K High School, Ara, stood second with 449 marks, or 89.8% marks, followed by Nitesh Kumar of High School, Bathnaha, who secured 444 marks, or 88.8%.
Altogether, 76.05% students aced the class X exams as the pass percentage continued its northward trend, increasing from 73.48% in 2013 and 71.03% in 2012. In Patna district, girls outshone boys, with 71.48% girls acing the exam compared to 68.63% boys. The overall pass percentage was recorded at 70.06%, over 4% less than last year.
Announcing the results at the BSEB office here, state education minister Brishen Patel expressed delight that the overall pass percentage had improved and congratulated the successful students. "Majority of the students (41.7%) have passed with second division marks, while 17.33% students obtained first division marks and 16.96% students got third division." In total, about 3.15 lakh students couldn't pass the examination while results of only 512 students were pending.
The results can be seen on the BSEB website, www.biharboardresults.net.
The minister said the department was committed to assisting students when asked about the irregularities being reported in the intermediate results. "I called up the CBSE chairman to urge him to extend the last date of confirming/updating of class XII exam details for JEE 2014 to June 20 and he said he'll consider the case," Patel said, adding the students will also be provided photo copies of answer-sheets if asked for.
Patel, who recently took over as the state education minister, said, "While declaring the results of lakhs of students, 1-2% discrepancy might crop up in the results, but we will correct it as soon as possible." He added his goal will be to put education at the top in the state.
BSEB chairman Rajmani Prasad Singh and BSEB secretary Ashutosh Kumar were also present on the occasion.
Among various divisions, Munger fared the best recording a pass percentage of 87.71% while Magadh followed at 81.40%. With only 65.82% students passing, Bhagalpur division had the worst pass percentage.
With the announcement of matriculation results, the BSEB has declared all results for 2014. The pass percentage in ISc, ICom and IA exams were 66.01%, 82.64% and 83.39%, respectively.