Baghpat’s Riya Jain, Anurag Malik top Class X and XII of UP Board

LUCKNOW: Riya Jain and Anurag Malik, both students of Shri Ram SM Inter College, a private school in Baraut, Baghpat, have topped the class X and XII examinations of UP board.
Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, who also holds the education portfolio, announced the results in Lucknow on Saturday. Riya scored 96.67% (580 marks out of 600) in high school, while Anurag notched 97% (485 out of 500) to claim the first rank in intermediate merit.The results of both class X and XII have improved with pass percentages this year being higher than in 2019.

The pass percentage of class X rose to 83.3%, increasing by 3.24% from last year, while that of class XII was recorded 74.6% this year, an increase of 4.6% from 70.06% of last year.
In high school, Abhimanyu Verma, a student of Shri Sai Inter College, Barabanki, claimed the second rank in the merit by scoring 95.83%.
Yogesh Pratap Singh, a student of Sadbhawana Inter College, also in Barabanki, scored 95.33% to bag the third position in class X.
In intermediate, Pranjal Singh, a student of SP Inter College, Prayagraj, obtained the second position by securing 96%, while Utkarsh Shukla, a student of Shri Gopal Inter College in Auraiya claimed the third rank with 94.8%.
Sharma said the trend of girls outshining boys continued this year too. In class X, 87.3% girls cleared the exam in comparison to 79.9% boys.
In class XII, the pass percentage of girls was far better at 82% than 69% of boys, Sharma told reporters.
In class X, private schools performed better than government and aided ones. Around 85.1% students of private schools cleared the exam against 82.1% in government and 79.8% of aided schools. The result of 114 schools out of 27,373 was less than 20%.
On the contrary, in class XII, students of government schools outperformed others. The pass percentages of students from government/aided and private schools stood at 78.3% and 72.4% respectively. However, 136 schools out of 17,344 recorded below 20% result.
District-wise, in class XII, Mahoba (89.2%) and Shamli (88%) recorded highest pass percentage. Lowest pass percentage of 56.4% was recorded in Aligarh and Ghazipur districts.
In class X, Amroha (93%) and Shamli (92.2%) had the best result among all the districts while Chandauli and Mirzapur were on the last two rungs with 73.5% and 74.8% students clearing the exam.
Among jail inmates, 92.5% cleared the high school exam, while 84% appearing in intermediate also succeeded. Total 93 jail inmates appeared in class X and 75 in class XII exam.