ICSE exam results: Mumbai girl in top 5 India topper list

A Mumbai girl Amolika Mukherjee is among the students who secured the merit fifth rank across the country in the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education ICSE exam the result of which was declared on Sunday evening Mukherjee a student of Jamnabai Narsee School in Juhu also secured the second rank in the state jointly with Aadya Gaur a student of Podar International School in Nerul by scoring 9960 per centAcross India 34 students scored 9960per cent including seven from Mumbai and two from Navi Mumbai in the ICSE Std X exam Punersquos Hargun Kaur Matharu of St Maryrsquos School has topped the ICSE exams in the country along with three other students from Uttar PradeshAnika Gupta from Kanpur Pushkar Tripathi from Balrampur and Kanishka Mittal from Lucknow They have secured 9980 per cent marksldquoThe top performing regions this year for ICSE Std X are western and southern having the best pass percentage of 9999 per cent followed by the northern region with 9998per centrdquo said Gerry Arathoon chief executive amp secretary of the Council for the ICSEAlso readMumbai How can 1st list close before our results ask CBSE ICSE studentsThis year the ICSE exam was held in two terms and the result of the first which was held in November and December was released earlier This was the first subjectivewritten exam after two years Students who could not clear the exam this year can apply for revaluation or rechecking at cisceorg before July 23 2022State performanceMaharashtra recorded a pass percentage of 9999per cent This year 26083 candidates from 245 ICSE schools appeared for the exam Girls in Maharashtra for yet another year have fared better than boys ldquoGirls have achieved a pass percentage of 100per cent while the pass percentage of boys is 9999per cent in ICSErdquo said ArathoonResult exceeds expectationsSunita George principal of Bombay Scottish Mahim said ldquoThe result is amazing this year Considering this is the first subjective or written exam for this batch after two years they have performed very well In our school none of the students scored below 70per cent Of the total 237 students who appeared for the Std X exam from our school 186 students secured 90 and above Nine students secured 99per cent and above Two students topped the school with 994per cent and secured merit rank 3 in the staterdquoJamnabai Narsee School Principal Kavita Patange said ldquoAmolika Mukherjee with 996per cent ranked second in the state and fifth nationally was awarded best pupil in Std 10 This batch of students displayed tremendous resilience appearing for twosemester exams conducted in new formats and performing exceptionally well Jamnabai Narsee students acquired cent per cent results with 184 out of 277 securing more than 90per cent and the average percentage being 9106per centrdquoPodar International Nerul Principal Dr Bhushan Bonde said that 220 students appeared in the exam and 75 of them have scored over 90per cent ldquothere has been a significant improvement in the performance of the students this year as compared to last year We are proud of all our studentsrdquo Bonde addedMeet the toppersHargun Matharu State1 AIR1 St Maryrsquos School Pune 9980per centI was expecting a good score However the first rank across the country was totally unexpected Phone calls havenrsquot stopped since evening Initially I thought the calls were all for my younger sister who was celebrating her birthday on Sunday In the future I want to opt for either engineering or research in scienceSanmay Shah Bombay Scottish School 9940per centI was very nervous during the exams But I got some confidence after I scored well in the first term exams I never expected to score above 99per cent in the second term I am preparing to appear for the NEET exam in 2024Vikram Unnikrishnan Bombay Scottish School 9940per centI was a little surprised with the results But I was consistent in my studies and worked hard I have zeroed in on what I will be doing in the future I will pursue something in research and engineeringAadya Gaur State2 AIR5 Podar International school Nerul 9960per centI was a little nervous in the beginning since it was the first written exam after two years After the first term exams I did expect good marks in the second term exam The merit rank however was unexpected I want to pursue computer science