<p>Patna: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Sunday announced the class 10 results, with the overall pass percentage being 82.91.</p><p>The pass percentage for boys was 84.45, while it was 81.4 for girls.</p><p>"This year, a total of 16,64,252 candidates appeared for the examination, of which 8,58,785 were girls and 8,05,467 were boys. A total of 13,79,842 candidates, including 6,99,549 girls and 6,80,293 boys, passed the examination," BSEB chairman Anand Kishore said.</p><p>The overall pass percentage was 81.04 last year, he added.</p>.Bihar cancels teachers recruitment exam following ‘question paper leak’. <p>A total of 4,52,302 students passed with first division while 5,24,965 students secured second division and 3,80,732 got third division, he added.</p><p>The topper of class 10 is Shivankar Kumar of Zilla School in Purnea district. Kumar got 97.80 per cent.</p><p>Adarsh Kumar of Samastipur scored 488 marks and secured the second position in the state.</p><p>There are four candidates in the third position: Aditya Kumar, Suman Kumar Purve, Palak Kumari, Sajiya Perween, with all of them scoring 486 marks, he said.</p><p>The BSEB class 10 examination was conducted from February 15 to February 23 across the state at various centres.</p><p>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated all successful students for their results.</p><p>According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "In his congratulatory message for the students, the CM has wished them a bright future. The CM also appreciated BSEB officials for declaring class 10 results in a very short span of time."</p><p>He also expressed his happiness over the performance of girl students and said this would instill self-confidence among them, it added.</p>
<p>Patna: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Sunday announced the class 10 results, with the overall pass percentage being 82.91.</p><p>The pass percentage for boys was 84.45, while it was 81.4 for girls.</p><p>"This year, a total of 16,64,252 candidates appeared for the examination, of which 8,58,785 were girls and 8,05,467 were boys. A total of 13,79,842 candidates, including 6,99,549 girls and 6,80,293 boys, passed the examination," BSEB chairman Anand Kishore said.</p><p>The overall pass percentage was 81.04 last year, he added.</p>.Bihar cancels teachers recruitment exam following ‘question paper leak’. <p>A total of 4,52,302 students passed with first division while 5,24,965 students secured second division and 3,80,732 got third division, he added.</p><p>The topper of class 10 is Shivankar Kumar of Zilla School in Purnea district. Kumar got 97.80 per cent.</p><p>Adarsh Kumar of Samastipur scored 488 marks and secured the second position in the state.</p><p>There are four candidates in the third position: Aditya Kumar, Suman Kumar Purve, Palak Kumari, Sajiya Perween, with all of them scoring 486 marks, he said.</p><p>The BSEB class 10 examination was conducted from February 15 to February 23 across the state at various centres.</p><p>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated all successful students for their results.</p><p>According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "In his congratulatory message for the students, the CM has wished them a bright future. The CM also appreciated BSEB officials for declaring class 10 results in a very short span of time."</p><p>He also expressed his happiness over the performance of girl students and said this would instill self-confidence among them, it added.</p>