West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Saturday declared the results of its Madhyamik or 10th standard examination results conducted in February this year. Over ten lakh sixty one thousand students had appeared for the examination at various centers across the state.
Anwesa Pyne from Vivekananda Sikshaniketan High School in Bankura district has topped the examination with an aggregate score of 690 out of 700 marks. Daughter of a school teacher in the district, Anwesa has scored the highest aggregate score in the history of the examination.
Announcing the results, WBBSE chairman Dr Kalyanmoy Ganguly said that 85.65% students have cleared this year's test, an increase of 2.19% than previous year's figure. East Midnapore district has topped the pass percentage list while in Kolkata, 88.93% students have been successful in clearing the examination. This year's test was conducted as per a new syllabus with 40 per cent of the total questions being of multiple-choice (MCQ) format.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has greeted students who have been successful in the tests. "My congratulations and best wishes to all the students who have passed Madhyamik examination," Banerjee tweeted.
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