St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School of Shillong has swept the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination conducted by Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education (MBOSE) in the science stream, results of which were declared on Thursday.
Out of the top ten positions, St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School bagged nine positions with Rishav Das securing the top position with 480 marks.
Rishav got letter marks in English, Alternative English, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Application.
Only Nishtha Barman hakong from Don Bosco College in Tura figured in the top ten list securing the sixth position.
The results for Science, Commerce, and Vocational streams were declared on Thursday.
In the Science Stream, 2732 passed the examination out of 3724 candidates.
The overall pass percentage stood at 74.58 per cent.
East Khasi Hills district topped with a pass percentage of 82.78 per cent, while South Garo Hills recorded the least pass percentage with 16.67 per cent.
In the Commerce stream, 1834 students passed the examination among a total of 2325 candidates.
The overall pass percentage in the Commerce is 79.84 per cent.
In the Commerce stream, East Garo Hills topped the pass percentage with 93.75 per cent, while West Jaintia Hills recorded the least pass percentage of 61.08 per cent.
Chongdeinem Guite topped the Commerce section with a total of 443 marks.
In the Vocational Stream, five among the six candidates who had taken the examination manged to pass.