Students of Laban Bengalee Boys Higher Secondary School and St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong have emerged toppers in the Class 12 Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations conducted by the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE), results of which were declared today.
In the Science stream, the first and second positions were bagged by Laban Bengalee Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Shillong in Gyanesh Roy Bhowmik with a total of 469 marks and Rishi Sarkar with a total of 460 marks. The third position was secured by Chetna Bose from Don Bosco College (Hr. Sec Section) Tura with 459 total marks.
RK Mission Higher Secondary School, Cherrapunjee also bagged the fourth and sixth position in the Science stream, while St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School bagged the fifth, seventh and eighth positions.
A total of 2,981 candidates appeared for the Science Stream where a total of 2135 cleared the exams, with a 71.62 pass percentage.
In the Commerce stream, St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School once again bagged the first position as well as the fourth, fifth, eighth and tenth positions. Riya Kharpran of the school secured a total of 464 marks to clinch the first position.
Emerene Kharpran of St Edmund’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong, and Keshav Agarwala of Don Bosco College (Hr. Sec Section), Tura secured the second position with a total of 462 marks. The third position was secured by Chirag Deb of Laban Bengalee Boy’s Hr. Sec School, Shillong with 456 marks.
A total of 2047 candidates appeared in the examination in the Commerce stream out of which 1712 candidates cleared. The pass percentage was at 83.63 per cent.
The vocational stream this year too saw a 100 per cent result as all eight candidates cleared the examination.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma took to twitter to congratulate the students. “Congratulations to our toppers and all our meritorious students who passed the #HSSLC (Science, Commerce & Vocational streams) examinations. May you shine in all your endeavours,” he wrote.
