The third position was jointly bagged by Anshul Thakur of Saraswati Vidya Mandir High School, Mohin, in Mandi district and Siya Thakur of the MML Public School, Jalgran, in Una district, who scored 98.71 per cent (691/700).
The chairman of the education board, SK Soni, while talking to newsmen, said the pass percentage was 87.5. A total of 90,375 students appeared in the Class X exams of the HPSEB this year, out of which 78,573 passed, he said. He said the pass percentage, which used to be around 60 per cent in the Class X board examinations earlier, had improved to 87.5 per cent this year. He said this time, the students have done exceedingly well in the history examination. Earlier, the pass percentage in history used to remain at 70 to 80 per cent. This time, it has gone up to 93 per cent.
First 99%
Priyanka of Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Tattapani, Mandi
Devangi Sharma of Anglo Sanskrit Model Senior Secondary School, Mandi
Second 98.86%
Aditya Sankhyan of Saraswati Vidya Mandir High School, Hatwar, Bilaspur
Third 98.71%
Anshul Thakur of Saraswati Vidya Mandir High School, Mohin, Mandi
Siya Thakur of MML Public School, Jalgran, Una