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Three U.P. students among four joint ICSE exam toppers
As many as 16 students from Uttar Pradesh make it to the merit list of top three ranks comprising 110 students from across the country in the ICSE examination 2022
Three students from Uttar Pradesh were among the four joint toppers of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) class 10 examination 2022 the results of which were declared on Sunday. These students are Kanishka Mittal from City Montessori School (CMS), Kanpur Road, Lucknow, Anika Gupta, Sheiling House School, Kanpur and Pushkar Tripathi of Jesus and Mary School, Balrampur. They all secured 499 marks out of 500 (99.8%). One more student, Hargun Kaur Matharu of St Mary’s School, Pune, also shared the honour with them.
As many as 16 students from Uttar Pradesh made it to the merit list of top three ranks comprising 110 students across country in the ICSE examination 2022. Of them, 12 students are from Lucknow alone, two from Kanpur and one each from Balrampur and Lakhimpur Kheri, according to merit list made available by the Council for Indian school Certificate Examinations (CISCE).
Four Lucknow students jointly shared second rank with 34 others in the country. They are Sariya Khan, CMS, Mahanagar Lucknow, Raeena Kausar, CMS, Gomti Nagar, Kshitij Narayan, CMS Gomti Nagar Extension and Archita Singh, CMS, Mahanagar. They all obtained 498 out of the total 500 marks (99.60%).
Nine students from U.P. jointly shared third rank with 72 others in the country. They are Priyamvada Singh of Seth MR Jaipuria, Lucknow, Amogh Anant, CMS Aliganj, Aditi, CMS Jail Road, Aditya Chandak, U.P. Kirana Sewa Samiti Vidyalay, Kanpur, Prakhar and Saksham Rastogi of Colvin Taluqdars’ College, Lucknow, Saanvi Purwar of La Martiniere Girls’ College, Shagun Singh, CMS, Kanpur Road, Saksham Garg of Vivekanand Academy, Bhira, Lakhimpur Kheri. They all secured 496 out of 500 marks (99.4%).
Of the 16 students from Uttar Pradesh who figured on the merit list of 110 students, eight are from different branches of CMS, 2 from Colvin Taluqdars’ College. Anup Raj, principal, Colvin Taluqdars’ College, said, “It is exhilarating to see students of Colvin on the merit list of the country. It is an indication that college academic graph is on the rise.”
Uttar Pradesh students have registered better pass percentage of 99.98% over all India’s 99.97%. A total of 47,085 students, including 26,930 boys and 20,155 girls, appeared in the exam in the state.
“For the first time in the history of the Board, the CISCE conducted two examinations in a single examination year i.e. semester 1 examination held in November/December 2021 and semester 2 examination in April/May this year for both the ICSE (class 10) and ISC (class 12) levels,” said Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary, CISCE.
