Guwahati: Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on Monday declared the Assam HS result 2022 and the passing percentage in the three streams of Arts, Commerce and Science remained above 80 per cent.
As per the official data from AHSEC, the passing percentage in Arts is 83.48%, Commerce- 87.26% and Science- 92.19%.
Around 156107 students appeared for the HS exam in the Arts stream and out of them, around 130324 or 83.48% have passed. In the Arts Stream, Cherry Gohain of Women's College Tinsukia and Sadhana Devi of Kamrupa Girls' Senior Secondary School has topped with 487 marks.
On the other hand, in the Science stream, as many as 33534 students wrote the exam and of them, 30915 or 92.19% make it to the passing list. In the Science stream, Dhritiraj Bastav Kalita of Deomoroni HS School has topped with 491 marks.
Lastly, 15199 students sat for exams in Commerce stream and of them around 13264 or 87.27% have passed. In the Commerce stream, Sagar Agarwal of Vivekananda Senior Secondary School, Cachar has secured the top position with 482 marks.
The topper's name will also be announced during a press conference conducted by AHSEC today.
The Higher Secondary (HS) or class 12 board exams commenced on March 15 and concluded on April 12, 2022.
In last year, a total of 78.28 per cent of students had made it to passing list in the Arts stream which was around 88.18 per cent. The passing percentage in the Commerce stream stood at 91.55 per cent. On the other hand, 88.06 per cent of students successfully cleared the Science stream.