The Himachal Pradesh Education Board on Thursday declared Class 12 results with an overall pass percentage of 76.07 and girls outshining

Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh Education Board here on Thursday declared Class 12 results with an overall pass percentage of 76.07 and girls outshining boys, officials said.

This year, the results saw an improvement of 14 percentage points in comparison with last year.

PhotoPrakash Kumar of Kullu, a science student, topped the state with 99.4 per cent marks.

According to officials, 86,633 students--43,410 boys and 42,898 girls--had appeared for the examinations this year. As many as 65,654 students were declared pass. While the pass percentage of girls was 79.75, those of boys were 72.42.

The maximum 49,878 students linked to the arts stream took the exams followed by 25,356 science and 11,399 commerce students.

Results

In arts stream, Shruti Kashyap stood first with 98.2 per cent marks. She secured 491 marks out of 500.

In commerce, Megha Gupta topped the state with 97.6 per cent marks. She scored 488 marks out of 500.

Prakash Kumar not only topped the science stream, but also grabbed the first spot across all streams in the entire state with 99.4 per cent marks. He secured 497 marks out of 500.