The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) declared the results of the Madhyamik (Class 10) examination on Friday. This year, the pass rate (86.83 per cent) is slightly higher compared to last year (86.53 per cent).

Abhirup Bhadra of Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district has topped the examination by scoring 698 out of 700 marks. In second place is Priyatosh Mukherjee of Birbhum with 696 marks. Jointly in third place are Saura Jana of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission (South 24 Parganas), Ankan Kumar Jana of Ramakrishna Shiksha Mandir (East Medinipur), and Mainak Mandal of Bankura with 695 marks. A total of 131 students are in the top 10, out of which 103 are boys and 28 are girls.

Significantly, the North Bengal district of Kalimpong has notched up the highest pass percentage (95.10 per cent) by pushing East Medinipur to the second spot (94.82 per cent). Kolkata is in third place, with a pass rate of 92.31 per cent. Although Kolkata is in third place in terms of the pass percentage, no Kolkata student has made it to the top 10 list.

Asked why no Kolkata student could figure among the toppers, Ramanuj Gangopadhyay, President, WBBSE, said, “The services of Kolkata schools are good. There are good teachers, but we still don’t know why this is happening.”

The WBBSE has informed students that they can check their results online on two websites – http://www.wbbsedata.com and http://www.wbbse.wb.gov.in. Besides, they can check their scores on three apps – iResults, Madhyamik Results, and Edutips.

Physical mark sheets and other necessary documents will be distributed among students from their respective schools later in the day.

This year, a total of 9,71,340 candidates enrolled for the exam – 4,26,733 boys, 5,44,606 girls, and one transgender. However, 9,59,753 students sat for the exam.

Fifty-one candidates were disqualified for carrying mobile phones to examination centres.