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Girls do it again in Class XII results
Our Correspondent

Sunila Kumari

Prabhjot Kaur

Deeksha Kalhotra

Mohali, June 2
Girls have outshone boys in the Class XII examinations (humanities, vocational) of the Punjab School Education Board, the results of which were declared here today. While Sunila Kumari of BCM Senior Secondary School, Focal Point, Ludhiana, stood first in the humanities group, Prabhjot Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, bagged the first position in the vocational stream.

According to the merit lists released by the board, all top 13 positions in the humanities group were bagged by girls while in the vocational stream only three boys figured in the top 10 positions. Most of the students who bagged the top positions were from schools falling in Ludhiana district.

Neha Goel of Sanmati Vimal Jain Senior Secondary Public School, Jagraon, and Swati Kakkar of RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, shared the second position in the humanities group while Liza Bhatia again of RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, bagged the third position on the merit list.

In the vocational stream Deeksha Kalhotra of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, secured the second position and Amanvir Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, stood third.

In the humanities group 1,88,563 students appeared in the examination out of which 1,22,173 were declared successful putting the pass percentage at 64.79. Only, 7,702 students appeared for the examination in the vocational stream out of which 4,746 cleared the examination and the pass percentage in this category was 61.62.

Following are the names of the students who have secured the top positions on the merit list.

Humanities: Akshika Aneja, BKE&I Girls Senior Secondary School, Amritsar, (4); Geeta, Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Patiala, (4); Vishu Thakur, BCM Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (5); Mandeep Kaur, GTB Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Malout, (6); Lakhveer Kaur, Chopra Public Senior Secondary School, Machiwara, (6); Rupinder Kaur, Shakti Public Senior Secondary School, Machiwara, (7); Nisha, Divine Light Public Senior Secondary School, Abhohar, (8); Monika, RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (8); Sandeep Kaur, GTB Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Malout, (9); Amrit Vohra, Dr Asanand Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Nawanshahr, (9); Pallavi, Hindu Putri Pathsala Senior Secondary School, Banna, (9); Richa Dhand, Arya College, Ludhiana, (10); Kamini, Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Moga, (11); Kulveer Kaur, Swami Roop Chand Jain Senior Public Secondary School, Jagron, (11) Madhvi, Dr Asanand Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Nawanshahr, (12); Sonam, RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (13); and Kiti, RS Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (13).

Vocational: Tanya Thakur, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, (4); Richa Rani, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (4); Inderpal Singh, Government Multipurpose Senior Secondary School, Patiala, (4); Sharanjit Kaur, Dr ASKM Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Tanda Urmur, (5); Amandeep Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, (Boys), Goniana Mandi, (6); Shruti, Shaheed Makhan Singh Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Pathankot, (7); Amanpreet Kaur Kochar, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (7); Megha Malhotra, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (8); Ritu Bala, Shaheed Makhan Singh Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Pathankot, (9); Anurdha, Shaheed Makhan Singh Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Pathankot, (9); Neha, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, (9); Jasmeet Kaur, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (9); Gurvinder Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Bassi Kalan, (10); Shammi Luther, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, (10); and Sarabjit Kaur, Government Senior Secondary School, Kaounke Kalan, (10).