CBSE Class 12 results declared, two girls are joint toppers

NEW DELHI: Two girls are the joint toppers of the CBSE Class 12 examination, the results of which were declared this afternoon. Around 13 lakh students appeared for the mega exam which began on February 16. Girls outperformed boys this year too with three girls students clinching the second rank as well.

Hansika Shukla from Ghaziabad and Karishma Arora from Muzaffarnagar topped the exam this year. Both of them scored 499 out of 500 marks. The results were declared way ahead of their schedule.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Prakash Javadekar wished the students.

Three students shared the second rank with a score of 498 out of 500: Gaurangi Chawala from Rishikesh, Aishwarya from Raebareli and Bhavya from Haryana's Jind.

Neeraj Jindal and Mehak Talwar from Delhi are among 18 students to rank third in the exam.

The top three performing regions are Thiruvananthapuram with 98.2 per cent, Chennai region with 92.93 per cent and New Delhi with 91.87 pass percentage.

Union Minister Smriti Irani is a proud mother after her son scored 94 per cent in Economics in the CBSE Class 12 examination. Zohr Irani has scored 91 per cent in the best four subjects, the minister said.

Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal's son, made his parents proud after he scored a stunning 96.4 per cent in the CBSE Class 12 examination. Sunita Kejriwal tweeted a message of "high gratitude" after her son Pulkit Kejriwal's results were announced Thursday.