Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) declared the class 12 results today and the overall pass percentage of the students in the exam is 65.97, which is marginally up from the last year’s recorded pass percentage-- 62.36.
This year, more than 3 lakh students had appeared for the exams of class 12 under PSEB and among all a students named Pooja Joshi, a student of Teja Singh Suttantar Memorial School in Ludhiana topped the exams by scoring 98 percent marks and the second place was gained by Vivek Rajput of the same school with 97.55 percent.
The third position was scored by a student named Jasnur Kaur from Dashmesh Public Girls Senior Secondary school, who scored 97.33 percent.
According to the officials, the highest pass percentage was recorded by the Muktsar (79.64), followed by the Mansa (78.59) and then Ludhiana (78.56).
With the results declared, the girls outshined the boys with the pass percentage of 78.25. The pass percentage among the boys is 60.46 percent.