Another student who has topped the Bihar Board intermediate exams in from the commerce stream and also hails from a low-income family. His father is a vegetable seller.
New Delhi: Sangam Raj, the son of an e-rickshaw driver from Gopalganj in Bihar, has topped the Class XII board exams by securing the highest, 96.4 per cent, marks. His performance surpassed all the 13.45 lakh students who took the Bihar Board Inter exams this year.
Sangam is an arts student and is not only the best scorer in his stream but has also become the highest scoring student of all the three streams.
Hailing from a low-income family, Sangam was always a bright student all throughout his academic career. According to his neighbours, he always focused on his studies bothering least about his family’s financial constraints and limited resources.
Sangam is the second of the three brothers in the family. Talking to the media about his success, Sangam said “My parents are very happy with my results. I’m happier that I can be a reason for their happiness. My grades are secondary.”
The toppers will win a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh each from the Bihar Board. The second and third rank holders will get Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively. The top three rank holders will also receive laptops and kindle e-readers to support their education.
Another student who has topped the Bihar Board intermediate exams in from the commerce stream and also hails from a low-income family. His father is a vegetable seller.
This year, the overall pass rate has increased by more than 2.11 percentage points as 80.15 per cent students passed the Bihar Board Class XII exam. In total, 4,52,171 students have earned points in the first division or 60+ points. Most students scored points in the second grade with a whopping 5,10,831 students in the category. No fewer than 99,550 students passed in the third class.
The highest points were taken by Sangam Raj at 482 or 96.4 per cent points, followed by Ankit Kumar Gupta with 473 (94.6 per cent) points. He was closely followed by science stopper Saurav Kumar who got 472 points or 94.4 per cent.