Surat tops in Gujarat with 350 A1 grade students

SURAT: In all, 350 students from Surat city and rural areas of the district secured A1 grade in Class X exam results of which were announced on Tuesday.
Surat district is again on top in state with highest number of students securing A1 grade (91 to 100 marks). This is much higher than Ahmedabad city which had 113 and Ahmedabad rural where 104 students secured A1 grade.
However, these numbers were much less compared to 1,233 in 2018 and 1,009 in 2019.
The overall passing percentage of Surat city and district also came down significantly as 74.66% students cleared the exam, compared to 79.63% in 2019 and 80.06% in 2018.
In 2019, Surat topped among all districts with highest percentage of students passing the exam in 2019 and the performance has remained the same this year.
Blind students clear exam without disability benefits
All 11 students from Andhajan Shikshan Mandal on Ghod Dod Road have cleared the Class X exam with flying colours. Interestingly, the students cleared the exam without taking any benefits available for disabled students. “For blind students, the passing marks are 20 but our students cleared the exams without the benefits. Except one, all students have secured above 50% marks except one,” said Manisha Gajjar, principal of the school. Some students have got 80 marks in language subjects which are considered toughest to score marks. Krish Naik is the school’s topper with 76.40%.