81.04% clear Bihar board matric exam

Md Rumman Ashraf of Islamia High School (Sheikhpura) secured the first rank in the matric exam conducted by the BSEB.

Md Rumman Ashraf of Islamia High School (Sheikhpura) secured the first rank in the matric exam conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), results of which were declared by the state education minister Chandrashekhar on Friday.

Students celebrate in Patna after the matric examination results were declared. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Ashraf has secured 97.8%.

Namrata Kumari of Nirmala Shiksha Bhawan High School (Bhojpur) and Gyani Anupama of Girls High School (Aurangabad) jointly shared the second rank by securing 97.2%.

A total of 90 students, including 33 girls, figured in the list of top 10.

The overall pass percentage this year is 81.04, which is 1.16 more than last year.

Altogether, 16,10,657 students, of them 7.90 lakh boys and 8.19 lakh girls, appeared in the matric exam at 1,500 examination centres held from February 14 to 22 across the state.

Of the total examinees, 4.74 lakh students secured first division, 5.11 lakh students second division, while 2.99 lakh students third division.

BSEB’s chairman Anand Kishor said, “We have published the board results before any other education board in the country for the fifth time in a row. The advanced technology has helped to bring reform in the examination system. Pre-printed litho code and barcode on OMR sheets helps in fast scanning and computerised evaluation. We have evaluated around 94 lakh OMR sheets and declared the results within 31 days. The board has also allotted Unique ID to each student as a special identification number. We have developed customised format and software for fast processing of results.”

Second rank holders will get ₹75,000, 1 laptop and one Kindle e-book reader.

Third rank holders will be given ₹50,000, one laptop and kindle ebook.

All the other rank holders — from fourth to 10th — will be awarded ₹10,000, one laptop and one kindle.