Boys edge in Science; girls dominate Commerce, Arts

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 10: Boys had an edge over the girls in Science faculty while it were the female students, who dominated Commerce and Arts faculties in higher secondary part-II examinations, whose results were declared by the Board of School Education (BOSE) today.
After zero performance in Middle class, the Government schools fared well in the 12th class examinations securing 31 positions in four faculties (including Home Science) out of a total of 61 positions.
Sixty-one students shared total 40 positions (10 in each of the four faculties).
Twenty-three students shared 10 positions in Science faculty-13 boys and 10 girls. Seven positions went to the Government schools. Ten positions of Commerce were shared by 13 students, 10 of whom were females with six positions being bagged by the students of Government schools.
14 students, 10 girls, shared ten positions of Arts. Seven positions in the Arts went to Government schools. 11 girl students shared ten positions of Home Science.
In Home Science, 11 students, all girls and all from Government institutions shared 10 positions.
Out of a total of 28,574 students appearing for the exams, 48 per cent got through.
Outshining all prestigious private educational institutions, SRML Higher Secondary School (HSS), Parade Ground student Akhil Bhau bagged prestigious first position in Science securing 489 marks out of a total of 500. Deepak Sharma of Nav Adarsh HSS Kathua got second place with 488 marks and Charul of Government HSS Ramkote, Kathua and Lakshay Mahajan of Adarsh Vidya Peeth HSS Samba shared third position with 483 marks.
Abishek Jasrotia of RS Jagriti Niketan HSS Kathua and Chakshu Gupta of Government HSS Billawar shared fourth position with 482 marks while fifth position went to Tanu Devi of RS Jagriti Niketan  with 481 marks.
Ankita Aggarwal of Oriental Academy, Afghan Mohalla bagged sixth position taking 480 marks. Three students shared seventh position with 479 marks. They included Gokul Sharma of Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar, Jaideep Singh Sambyal of Government HSS (Boys) Samba and Sonal Abrol of Brahmrishi Bawra Shanti Vidya Peeth HSS Udhampur.
Akshat Jandyal Mehta of  Oriental Academy, Radhika Bandral of Government Girls HSS Samba and Shubam Gupta of Shiksha Niketan HSS, Jeevan Nagar shared eighth position securing 476 marks while ninth position was also shared by three students including Rohit Tikoo of SRML HSS Parade Ground, Ruchika Bali of International HSS Rajouri and Vimaljeet Khajuria of Brahmrishi Bawra Shanti Vidya Peeth HSS Udhampur with 475 marks.
Six students shared 10th position in Science taking Akshay Parihar of United Public HSS Channi Himmat, Baby Pallavi of Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar, Chahat Sharma of Government HSS Ramnagar, Dikshant Gupta of RS Jagriti Niketan HSS Kathua, Juhi Gupta and Rajat Sharma, both from Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar.
Rahul Kumar of Sir Abraham Lincoln Embark Garrison HSS Bishnah and Sehar Zulfiqar of SP HSS Exchange Road shared first position in Commerce faculty with 468 marks while Swati Gupta of Indira Public HSS Shanti Nagar, Janipur stood second taking 466 marks. Third position went to Akash Sharma of SRML HSS Parade Ground with 465 marks.
Shifali Sharma of Government Girls HSS Rehari stood fourth taking 463 marks while fifth position went to Taniya Gupta of Little Flower HSS Greater Kailash, who had 461 marks.
Naina Gupta of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi bagged sixth position with 459 marks while Seema Devi of May Fair HSS Chand Nagar secured seventh position taking 457 marks. Eighth position went to Jatinder Kour of Montessori Nargis Dutt Sr. Sec School RS Pura.
Three students shared ninth position taking 455 marks. They included Alisha Dogra of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi, Anurag Gupta of SRML HSS Parade Ground and Neha Anand of Government Hari Singh HSS Jammu. Ritika Virdi claimed 10th position for May Fair HSS Chand Nagar at 454 marks.
Sarish Gupta of Government HSS Nagrota Gujroo, Kathua topped in Arts faculty taking 449 marks. Second position in Arts was shared by Rasmeet Kour of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi and Vikas Chalotra of Government HSS (Boys) Allah, Bishnah with 444 marks. Third position was again shared by two students including Amandeep Singh of RN Tagore HSS Nanak Nagar and Celesty Angral of Government Boys HSS, Gole Gujral.
Fourth position went to Abrar Ahmed Lone of Himalayan Education Mission HSS Rajouri with 437 marks while fifth position was shared by Pinky Kumari of Government Girls HSS Udhampur and Shivani Sharma of Kailash Shiksha Academy HSS Chack Murar, who secured 435 marks.
Sonia Shahi clinched sixth position for Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar with 434 marks while Amjed Iqbal bagged seventh slot with 433 marks. He is a student of Himalayan Education Mission HSS Rajouri.
Deepika Sharma of Jammu Public HSS Sainik Colony bagged eighth position taking 432 marks.
Barsha Rani of Government Girls HSS Akhnoor and Paramjeet Kour Toor of Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar shared ninth position with 431 marks. Maheshwari Sharma of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi got 10th position at 430 marks.
Noureen of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi topped in Home Science taking 422 marks. Shriya Tikku of the same school stood second with 416 marks of Sheikha Mahajan of Government Girls HSS Shastri Nagar came third with 410 marks.
Harleen Kour from Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi secured fourth position with 383 marks. Fifth position was shared by Arti Dogra of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi and Devinder Kour of Government Girls HSS Bishnah with 379 marks.
Neha Kumari, Nivedana, Bhavna and Manvi Singh, all students of Government Girls HSS Mubarak Mandi secured sixth, seventh, eighth and nine positions with 378, 377, 371 and 370 marks respectively.
Tenth position went to Assma Kousar of Government Girls HSS Shastri Nagar with 368 marks.