A’bad region posts 96.6% pass rate

Ahmedabad: Wednesday brought an end to an anxious wait for students with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announcing Class X results. It was a big day for every student clearing this crucial academic milestone with flying colours, and even special for DAV School's Amolik Pandita, who swept the charts with a perfect 100%.Pandita was as elated as he was grateful. "The result was what I had aimed for, and I am grateful. I had doubts over English and Social Science scores, but they turned out good," he said.A total of 45,107 CBSE students (19,146 girls, and 25,961 boys) took the exam from Ahmedabad region, which registered a total pass percentage of 96.6. Girls yet again outshone boys by 0.92%, albeit this margin was lower than last year's 1.62%. The pass percentage among girls and boys was 97.53% and 96.61% respectively. Most schools in the city celebrated 100% results and distinctions for their students. Delhi Public School, Bopal, was among them. Of its 542 students, 234 scored above 90%. Nishchay Sinha and Nandan Seksaria made the school proud by securing 99.4%. Following close behind was their batchmate Ayush Singh with 99.2%. At Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya, 24 students scored above 90% with Labh Patel (98.4%) emerging the school topper followed by Priyal Prajapati (96%). Of the 227 students from St Kabir School, 100 scored above 90%. The school topper was Meet Shah with a 99.2% score. At Divine Child International School (Adalaj), Srijan Shrivastava emerged as the topper with a score of 97.6%. He was followed by Snehal Chhimpa, who scored 97%. Of the 101 students who appeared at DCIS, 5 scored above 95%.By scoring 97.6%, Dhyani Doshi emerged as topper at Prakash School. She was followed by Yashvi Patel with 96.8%. A total of 491 students from Udgam School For Children appeared in the exam, of whom 45 scored above 95%.