Ranchi: Girls dominated commerce and arts streams in the class 12 exam, while boys outshone girls in the science stream, the results of which were announced by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Wednesday.

The overall pass percentage stood at 82.92 in science, 93.27 in commerce and 96.14 in arts.

In science stream, 83.02 per cent of boys cleared the exam, against 82.76 per cent of girls.

In commerce, girls registered a pass percentage of 95.70, ahead of boys at 91.59 per cent.

Similarly, 95.70 per cent of girls cleared the examination in the commerce stream, while 91.59 per cent of the boys passed, the official said.

In arts, 96.68 per cent of girls passed the exam, while boys' pass percentage was 95.35.

Choti Kumari from KN Plus-2 High School at Harnad in Bokaro emerged as a state topper in the science stream with 95.6 per cent marks, while Sweta Prasad from Yogoda Satsanga Intermediate Mahavidyalaya at Dhurwa in Ranchi was the state topper in commerce stream, securing 95.6 per cent marks.

In arts stream, Rashida Naaz of DAV Plus-2 High School at Patherdih in Dhanbad ranked first with 97.8 per cent marks.

Out of 90,168 students who appeared in the science stream, 74,771 passed.

The overall pass percentage was 3.66 per cent higher than the previous year. Last year, the pass percentage was 79.26.

As many as 61,589 students passed in first division, 13,163 got second-division and 16 got third-division marks.

In commerce, 19,681 of the 21,078 students who appeared cleared the exam, improving upon last year's overall pass percentage of 91.92.

A total of 12,030 students secured first division, 7,468 second division and 183 third division marks in the commerce stream.

In the arts stream, 2,02,962 of the 2,11,095 students who appeared passed the examination.

Of them, 1,07,694 secured first division, 91,317 second division and 3,947 third division marks.

Among districts, Latehar recorded the highest pass percentage in science at 93.25, Simdega topped commerce with 99.57 per cent, while Gumla led the arts stream with a pass percentage of 99.52.

(PTI)

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