Over 98% students clear CBSE Class XII exams in Patna region

PATNA: Patna region comprising Bihar and Jharkhand has secured third place from the bottom among all the regions in the country with the overall pass percentage of 98.91 in Class XII, the results of which were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday.
On the brighter side, the region has witnessed a significant rise of 24.4% in pass percentage this time when compared to previous year’s 74.57%.
According to the information provided by the CBSE, Bihar has registered a pass percentage of 98.65 against just 68.06% in 2020. Of 53,658 students in the state, 52,934 have cleared exams in all three streams – science, commerce and arts.

The results are not comparable with previous years given that the 2021 board examinations were cancelled due to surge Covid cases. This year, the CBSE had adopted an alternative assessment scheme to finalise the result, giving 40% weightage to unit test/mid-term/pre-board exams of Class XII, Class XI final exam (30%) and the remaining 30% on Class X based on best three performing subjects.
Anuska Roy of Notre Dame Academy has secured 99% in arts stream and emerged school topper. Stuti Banka of commerce stream got 98.8% and Srishti Nath scored 98.6% in science from this school. All 332 students of the school have passed with first division and 146 have scored above 90%.
St Michael’s High School’s Prerna Singh has emerged school topper in science stream with 98.6% while Arpit Raj has got 98% in commerce. According to school principal Fr Armstrong Edison SJ, 400 students have cleared the exams and four were marked absent. “Altogether 216 students have secured above 90% marks,” he said.
Harsh Vardan Singh (PCM) and Mehul Pratap Singh (PCB) of Loyola High School have secured 98.2% and 96.6%, respectively, in science stream. Soumya Anand and Priya Shandilya have scored 95.2% and 97.4%, respectively, in commerce and arts streams. The school has recorded 100% success rate and 104 students have secured above 90% marks, 243 between 80-89% and 50 between 70-79%.
Most schools in the city have recorded 100% success rate, including St Karen’s High School, St Karen’s Secondary School, St Dominic Savio’s High School, Kendriya Vidyalaya-Danapur, The Tribhuvan School, Delhi Public School and Bishop Scott Girls School.
Of 195 students at Gyan Niketan Boys’ School, 194 have cleared the exams. Baldwin Academy has recorded a pass percentage of 94.4. Ishan International School has registered 99.3 pass percentage.