Girls outshine boys in Secondary class results

20 positions shared by 129 students
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 25: Even though the boys secured top two positions in Second class results declared today by the State Board of School Education (BOSE), the girls maintained their dominance in the Merit List securing 97 positions out of a total of 20 top slots shared by 129 students.
Russell Khajuria, a student from Holy Cross Convent High School, RS Pura topped the Merit List securing 489 marks out of a total of 500 (97.8 per cent). He was followed by Vivek Gupta of Dogra Higher Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, who took 488 marks (97.6 per cent).
Overal pass percentage in the exams stood at 55.56. A total of 48,600 students appeared in the examinations. Pass percentage for girls stood at 55.9 and for boys 55.2. Pass percentage was highest at 80.22 per cent in Hindi, 73.5 per cent in Urdu, 73 per cent in Social Studies, 61 per cent in Science, 58.7 per cent in English and 58.4 per cent in Mathematics, BOSE Joint Secretary, Secrecy Dr Javed Khatib said.
A total of 507 students secured A1 Grades while 2238 got A2 Grade, he added.
Third position was shared by Pallavi Verma of JK Montessori School, Talab Tillo and Ankita Gupta of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur, who got 487 marks (97.4 per cent). Fourth position went to Namrata Kotwal of Oriental Academy with 483 marks (96.6 per cent).
Fifth position was again shared by two students-Aryan Raina of Nabyug HSS, Shakti Nagar and Manmeet Kour of Fatima Convent High School, Bishnah, who
took 482 marks (96.4 per cent). Barbie Charak of Oriental Academy, Sugandhi Gupta of Holy Cross Convent HS RS Pura and Ananaya of Brahmrish Bawra SVP HS SCH Udhampur shared sixth position securing 481 marks (96.2 per cent).
Seventh position was also shared by four students with 480 marks (96 per cent). They are Gunjan Kour of Carmal Convent HS Kunjwani, Shivani Badyal of Oriental Academy, Mrigank Magotra of Spring Dales Kathua and Bandna Yadav of Cosmic Heart HSS Kathua.
Manpreet Kour from Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar, Anum Anand of Vimal Public School, Bakshi Nagar and Archana Dhar of St Xavier Convent HSS Barnai shared eight position taking 479 marks (95.8 per cent). Muskan Verna of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhmpur clinched ninth position with 478 marks (95.6 per cent).
Tenth position was again shared by three students including Ashima Gupta of Oriental Academy, Neha Kaith of Holy Cross Convent HS RS Pura and Ajay Singh of Spring Dales Kathua. All of hem took 477 marks (95.4 per cent).
Madhumeet Kour of Shiksha Niketan HS SCH Jeevan Nagar and Neetika Gupta of Holy Angels HS Udhampur shared 11th position taking 476 marks (95.2 per cent).
Nine students shared 12th position. They included Deveani Suri of St Pauls Convent HS Gangyal, Vishikha Raina of Dream Land Public School, Jammu, Mansi Sharma of St Peter’s HS BC Road, Akshita Koul of St Xavier Convent HSS Barnai, Sahil Chib of Holy Cross Convent HS RS Pura, Rukhsar Saleem of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter, Abdesh Verma of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar, Suhasni Misri of Christ School Poonch and Akanksha Sharma of Christ HS Dhandesar. They took 475 marks (95 per cent).
Thirteenth position was shared by 13 students including Rudrakshi Sharma of Oriental Academy, Shubam Langer of St Peter’s HS BC Road, Priyanka Pandita of J&K Police Public School, Miran Sahib, Neha Choudhary of Fatima Convent HS Bishnah, Himani Gupta and Shriya Mahajan of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter, Askandha of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar, Surbhi Sharma of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar, Jasleen Kour Rishi of RSJN HSS Kathua, Roshi Sharma of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur and Shubdeep Kalandrian of St Antonys Convent School Gagore. They bagged 474 marks.
Fourteenth position went to 11 students. They are Vasudha Sharma and Gurleen Kour of Oriental Academy, Tarun Mahajan of St Peter’s HS BC Road, Sakshi Raina of St Xavier Convent HS Barnai, Sunidhi Badyal of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter, Pankaj Sharma of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar, Harmeet Singh, Deviakshi Sharma and Gurpreet Kour of Christ School Poonch, Zeeshan Ali Danish of HEM HSS Rajouri and Priya Mahajan of National Academy HS Udhampur. They took 473 marks each.
Fifteen students shared 12 positions. They included Simran Sharma and Harsh Gupta of Oriental Academy, Ragvi Koul of St Xavier Convent HSS Barnai, Saveet Kour of Montessori Nargis Dutt SSS RS Pura, Akriti Sharma of Fatima Convent HS Bishnah Sovia Saini of St Joseph Convent HS Arnia, Sidhan Gupta of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter, Abhishek Jha of RMC HSS Budhi, Kawal Preet Singh Khalsa of RSJN HSS Kathua, Dipti Bains of National Academy HS Kathua, Sana Gupta of Spring Dales Kathua and Abhinandan Pandit of Christ School Nowshera. Each of them secured 472 marks (94.4 per cent).
Again, 14 students share d 16th position. The position holders were Nousheen Chowdhary of St Peter’s HSS Karan Bagh, Sidhant Dubey of Elite Pub High SCH Om
Nagar Udheywalla, Lucky Sharma of Siksha Bhawan HSS Bakshi Nagar, Abdul Shakoor of Model Academy, Avleen Kapoor of Pregmatic Institute of Education HSS Miran Sahib, Antra Gupta of Maharaja Harisingh DAV Public School RS Pura, Mohini Sharma and Shreya Paroch of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar, Sahil Sharma of Spring Dales Kathua, Taniya Gupta of International HSS Rajouri, Aayushi Saproo of National Academy HS Udhampur, Suhasini Gupta of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur, Manjul Jagotra of EM High School Ramnagar and Neha Choudhary of St Antonys Convent School, Gagore. They took 471 marks (94.2 per cent).
Eight students shared 17th position taking 470 marks (94 per cent). They included Tanya Tickoo and Yogyata Kapoor of St Peter’s HS BC Road, Shweta Pandit of Vishwa Bharti Pub HSS Akalpur, Neeraj Verma of Nirmala HS Dhanger Kaleeth, Jyoti Sharma of Fatima Convent HS Bishnah, Shivali Choudhary of St Joseph Convent HS Arnia, Lovesh Himanshu of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter and Akhil Singh Jasrotia of Infant Jesus HSS Hiranagar.
Eighteenth position went to 13 students at 469 (93.8 per cent) marks. They are Surgeet Kour of Sri Guru Karikrishan Pub SCH Nanak Nagar, Manpreet Kour of St Pauls Convent HS Gangyal, Kusum Gupta of Silver Bells HS Paloura, Sheena Bhat of Model Academy, Sushumna Sehgal of Vimal Public School, Bakshi Nagar, Lokeshhwar Singh of Shanti Swaroop Memorial Public School Patoli, Sujata Khera of St Xavier Convent HSS Barnai, Kanav Mahajan and Gourav Sharma of Spring Dales Kathua, Shivani Abrol and Ashima Mahajan of RSJN HSS Kathua, Anmol Shivam of Christ School Nowshera and Aashrita Jamwal of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur.
Twelve students bagged 19th position. They secured 468 marks each (93.6 per cent). They are Aashrita Jamwal of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur, Rashika Razdan of Dream Land Public School Jammu, Vageesha Mehta of DBN HSS Mubarak Mandi, Manu Shree of Oriental Academy, Prerna Rajput of Fatima Convent HS Bishnah, Shivani
Charak of St Joseph Convent HS Arnia, Shreya Reothia of Sacred Fleart Convent HS Phinter, Priyanka Salaria of Little Angels HSS Kathua Farhat Hamid Kohli and Sameeksha Sharma of Christ School Poonch, Tushaar Anthal of Happy Model HSS Udhampur, Disha of Brahmrishi Bawra SVP HSS Udhampur and Mogul of Kristu Jyoti Convent School Samba.
Twentieth and final position was shared by 14 students, each of whom bagged 467 marks (93.4 per cent). They included Jeevanjyot Kour of Carmal Convent HS Kunjwani, Twinkle Gandral of Shiksha Niketan HSS Jeevan Nagar, Mandeep Kour of St Pauls Convent HS Gangyal, Manika Puri of Model Academy, Deepakshi Sabharwal of Oriental Academy, Nittin Bakshi of JP Public School Panjtirthi, Nitin Singh Chib of St Xavier Convent HS Barnai, Suhasini Bala of Mishra Shiksha Niketan HS Arnia, Ipsa Sharma o Christ School Poonch, Sumegha Vaid of Trikuta Public School Katra, Shagun Jamwal of AOC HSS Udhampur, Arun Paul of KVK HS Ramnagar, Aakash Ravgotra and Akshu Kumari of St Antonys Convent School Gagore.