Zulfishan tops Holy Cross with 91.2%

GANGTOK, 23 May: Zulfishan Haque has topped the Science stream at Holy Cross School here in the Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE] class XII examination. Zulfishan scored 91.2%, while his classmate, Sumit Kumar Singhal, with 90.4% stood second in the school.
The keenly awaited result of the CBSE Class 12 was released this morning.
A total of 55 science students had appeared the class XII examination from Holy Cross School, of whom 54 students passed and one student got compartment.
Likewise, Rohit Kumar Mundra has become the school topper with 84.4% in commerce stream, while his classmate Paribhi Somani is on second place with 83%. A total of 18 students had appeared from the commerce stream; 13 passed and 05 got compartment.

Meanwhile at the national level, over 81 per cent students cleared the Class XII CBSE examinations this year, with girls once again outshining the boys.
The results were declared across the country on Monday except Patna region, with the total pass percentage standing at 81.71 per cent, an increase of 1.84 per cent over last year, said a statement issued by the CBSE.
In all, 770043 candidates registered for Class XII examination this year, which was also an increase of about 9.85 per cent over last year.
Girls continued to fare better than boys with 86.93 per cent clearing the exam as compared to that of boys at 77.83 per cent.
Among the regions, Chennai region put up the best performance with a pass percentage of 91.32.
It also said that pass percentage of regular students stood at 83.66 as compared to 45.41 in case of private/patrachar candidates.
In Delhi, the pass percentage stood at 85.45 per cent.
Girls fared much better than boys with 89.72 per cent clearing the exam as against 81.58 per cent for boys.
Among the institutions, students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya put up a good show with 96.89 per cent of them passing the exam.
The pass percentage of schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan stood at 93.38.
The pass percentage of Government schools stood at 83.98 and Government aided schools at 79.54. The pass percentage of private schools stood at 45.41 per cent.
The schools under the Delhi region have been advised to collect the results from the office of the respective Deputy Director of Education, Delhi after 2 pm today.
The first chance compartmental examination across the country will commence on July 16, 2011, the statement said, adding regular candidates will route their requests through the head of institution.