ICSE, ISC results out: Bihar pass percentage more than national average

Patna: The students of Bihar registered a higher pass percentage than national average in Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Class X examination and Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII, the results of which were declared by Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations on Wednesday. The overall pass percentage is 99.4% in Class X and 99.78% in Class XII, slightly higher than the national average of 99.09% and 99.02% respectively. The pass percentage also slightly improved this year by 0.4% in ISC, while it declined by 0.28% in ICSE, compared to the previous year's 99.38% and 99.68% respectively.
However, like previous years, Bihar girls continue to dominate the results of both Class X and Class XII. The pass percentage among girls is 99.61% in ICSE and 99.81% in ISC, whereas boys attained a pass percentage of 99.22% and 99.73% respectively.
Overall, A total of 6,191 students — 2,854 girls and 3,337 boys — appeared for ICSE in Bihar from 41 affiliated schools. As many as 26 boys and 11 girls were unsuccessful. In ISC exam, 902 students — 531 girls and 371 boys — appeared from 20 schools, out of which one boy and girl each were unsuccessful.
As per the result statistics provided by the council, the students of Bihar also fared well in both the exams compared to neighbouring states like Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Jharkhand's ICSE pass percentage is 98.78% and ISC 98.83%, while UP's scores are 98.4% and 98.82% respectively.
In the state capital, Ritika Yadav of Carmel High School, Bailey Road, topped ICSE with 99.4%, while Chaitanya Utkarsh from Don Bosco Academy (arts stream), with 99.5%, topped ISC. Ashi Ashmita (science stream) emerged as the ISC topper of Carmel High School with 98.5%, while Ipshita Kumari and Arnav Anand were the joint toppers of Don Bosco Academy in ICSE with 98.4%.
Among the schools in the state capital, St Joseph's Convent High School, Bankipore, achieved a 100% result in ICSE. Principal Sr Josephine CJ said a total of 279 students appeared in Class X, all passing with flying colours. Shivangi Agarwal is the school topper with 99.2% in Class X, while Sukriti Verma of arts stream emerged as the ISC topper with 97%.
International School too achieved 100% pass rate with all the students achieving first division.
In special categories, a total of 298 Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates took the ICSE examination, achieving a pass percentage of 98.66%, while 91 Scheduled Tribe (ST) students took the exam, achieving a 100% success rate. Meanwhile, 2,656 Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates took the examination, achieving a pass percentage of 99.28%.
In ISC, 36 SC and 301 OBC candidates took the examination, achieving a pass percentage of 100%, while 22 ST students secured pass percentages of 95.45%.