PATNA: Girls have once again stolen the thunder from boys in the Intermediate Arts and Vocational Courses examination, results of which were declared by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) here on Sunday.
The Intermediate Arts has seen an overwhelming pass percentage of 88.15%, while the Vocational Courses witnessed a 93.79% pass percentage.
The top 11 positions in the merit list have gone to girls. In the next 33 positions, there are only four boys at 12, 14, 18 and 39 positions. Thus, of the top 44 positions, as many as 40 have gone to girls!
Pranita Sareen of Sur Tulshi College, Katihar, has topped the examination scoring 85 %. Sareen got 425 marks out of the total of 500. Khushbu Kumari and Noida Khatoon of Samastipur and Sheohar are at second and third positions, securing 421 and 417 marks respectively.
While a total of 89.70% girls passed the Intermediate Arts examination, only 86.02% boys cleared it. In vocational courses, 93.79% students passed the examination.
A total of 3,59,287 students from 38 districts had taken the Intermediate Arts examination, of which 3,16,738 candidates cleared it. Among successful candidates, 31.12% passed in first class, 50.87% in second class and 5.81% in third division.
In vocational courses, 2,417 students had taken the examination, of which 2,267 were successful. Among them, 78.81% secured first division, 14.89% second division and 0.08% third division.
Announcing the results, BSEB chairman Rajmani Prasad Singh congratulated the successful candidates.
“Different ambitious educational programmes of the government have led to increased awareness among students for education. The awareness level has been increasing among the girls. They are even leaving boys way behind in performance,” Singh told.
BSEB had already announced the results of Intermediate Science and Commerce on June 6. “The Arts faculty results were delayed a little due to some unavoidable reasons,” Singh said.