CBSE exam: Bhubaneswar girl tops in region

BHUBANESWAR: Namrata Mohanty, a student of DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, secured the highest marks in Class XII in the Bhubaneswar region of the CBSE examination, the results of which were declared on Monday.
She shares the top position with Deep Bhattacharya of DPS, Ruby Park, in Kokata. Both of them have secured 493 out of 500.
“I was expecting 97% but was overwhelmed with my marks.I used to study six to seven hours every day throughout the year. I scored 98 in maths, even though it was tough paper and I am really happy about that,” Namrata said.
Her scorecard read chemistry 99, English core 99, physical education 99, physics 98 and mathematics 98.
The central government-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) have done exceptionally well, registering a pass percentage of 97.94 against the average of 81% in the region comprising Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. A total of 48,881 students appeared in the exam from the region, of whom 39,597 students have passed.
“Once again girls outshone boys in all school categories. In private schools, 88.8% girls passed against 80.47% boys, while in Kendriya Vidyalayas, 94.23% girls passed, as compared to 92.45% boys. A large number of schools in the region have registered a 100% result,” said CBSE regional officer of Bhuabneswar region, Lakhan Lal Meena.
Ankita Ghosal of BDM International School and Aayush Agarwal of Apeejay School in Kolkata have topped in arts and commerce stream respectively in the region. Ishani Das and Raghav Kothari of SAI International School secured the highest 97.4% in commerce in the state.
Students can apply online for rechecking, or scanned copy of answersheets, or for re-evaluation within 20 days after publication of results, official said.