Udaipur: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced the results of Class 12 examination with Raksha Gopal from Noida's Amity International School scoring 99.6% marks to bag the top slot.
Bhumi Sawant of Bhavna's Vidya Mandir in Chandigarh emerged as second topper with 99.4% and Aditya Jain from the same school bagged 99.2% to become the third topper. Mannat Luthra of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh got 99.2% and was placed fourth.
The all India pass percentage has gone down from 83.05% to 82% this year, a senior CBSE official said.
The board has also started a helpline with toll free number 18000118004 for psychological counseling.
A keyboard player and a voracious reader who is currently learning French, Raksha is described as multi-faceted by her friends and family.
Her elder sister Prerna said that the 17-year-old is a lot more than her impressive score. "She has completed five levels in electric keyboard from a Delhi based institute affiliated with Trinity College of Music, London and she has also completed C1 grade in French from Alliance Francaise. My sister is multi-talented," she said.
Raksha's father Gopal Srinivasan, who works as chief finance officer in Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, said he never put any pressure on her to perform.
"In fact, we forced her to take necessary breaks in between study hours. We clearly told her that we don't have any pressure over the top expectations and she should just give her best without any pressure," Srinivasan added.
Raksha's mother Ranjni said, "As a home maker, I used to ensure that my daughter gets the necessary sleep and nutrition while she was preparing for boards."
Raksha's teachers believe her performance will open the doors for students who wish to pursue humanities in their graduation.
"Raksha's performance shows that the future is bright for humanities students who wish to pursue courses such as English literature, political science, history or economics after 12th. More career opportunities in mass communication, law and academics are opening," said Monila Sircar, history teacher at Amity International School. In udaipurNow, Raksha wishes to pursue political science from Delhi University and is eagerly waiting for the first cut-off. She already has her top three colleges in mind. "I am looking to get a seat in Lady Shri Ram College, Miranda House or Jesus and Mary College," said Raksha.
Over 10 lakh students had appeared for Class 12 examination this year.Mumal Jain is topper among MK. Jain Classes students : In udaipur Mumal Jain is topper among MK. Jain Classes students. She was formerly selected in NTSE | STSE | KVPY in the result of CBSE board. She topped with 96-6% marks and her batch mate Rahul Agrawal, Jaya, Ikram, Parag and Minal Parekh also got more than 90% marks. The students of various public schools who got above than ninty percentage plus marks are as under Seedling Modern Public School - Kavisha doshi, Mahim Jain.Jasmin Saluja, Paridhi Galundia.Central Public School - Moomal Jain (96.6% - XII Science), Piyush Agarwal (95.00% - XII Commerce), Parag Khmot (93.40% - XII Science), Ashish Jain (92.00% - XII Science)Kirti Purbia (92.00% - XII Commerce), Rahul Agarwal (92.20% - XII Science), Meenal Pareek (91.00% - XII Science), Zoya Iqram (90.60% - XII Science), Manthan Khubchnadani (90.40% - XII Science and in MDS Senior Secondary School, Keerthi Hadpawat, Kalpit Veerwal, Agrima Didwania, Mahak Goyal, Sayam Choudhary, Sarah Ansari, Khushi Talesara, Ruhanshi Barad, Shubhi Latika Swarnkar, Sristi jain, Manas Jain, Kalpit Kothari, Nishita Chandalia, Akshita Mehta, Ahmed Anwar Faiz, Vedant Goyal, Fatima Alam, Poojan Soni, Poorva Singhvi, Aman Vaya, Dhruvit, Babel, Meet Joshi, Pragati Joshi.
