Average Pass percentage 68.11%
Tanu from Kangra district is topper with 98.57 pc score
Shimla, June 9, 2020
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education on Tuesday declared the Class-X result with 23 girls 14 boys in the top positions, while overall pass percentage remain 68.11 per cent, 8 per cent higher than last year. Tanu from Ishan Public Senior Secondary School, Samloti in the Nagrota Bagwan area of Kangra topped by scoring 98.7 per cent marks (691/700).
The girls fared better than the boys and their pass percentage stood at 71.5 per cent, whereas it was 64.94 per cent among the boys.  In all 14,323 students had appeared in the examination this year. The examination papers of the students who secured the first 100 positions were rechecked by authorities to rule out any discrepancy, he said.
Kshitij Sharma from New Gurukul Public School, Gopalnangar, in Hamirpur district scored 98.57% (690/700) to secure the second position. Vansh Gupta from Glory Public School, Bilaspur, scored 98.43% (689/700), Shagun Rana from Ishan Public Senior Secondary School, Samloti, in Nagrota Bagwan and Anisha Sharma from government high school, Pantehra, from Ghumarwin area of Bilaspur district were jointly placed at third position.
Shreya Sharma from Minerva Senior Secondary School, Ghumarwin, in Bilaspur district scored 98.29% (688/700) to bag fourth spot. Fifth position is jointly shared by six students scoring 98.14% marks (687/700) each. The students are: Ansh Bharadwaj from New Era School of Sciences, Chhatri, from Bharmour area of Chamba district; Vanshika from Amar Shanti Model Public school from the Baroh area in Kangra district; Karun Kumar from Government Senior Secondary School, Holi, in Chamba district; Shagun Sharma Minerva Senior Secondary School, Ghumarwin; Laila from DAV Public School, Rangli area in Manali in Kullu district; and Nisha from Swami Vivekanand Senior Secondary School, Ramnagar, from Mandi district.
