Three students from Darrang secure rank among the top ten in HSLC examination

Our Correspondent

MANGALDAI: Two worthy sons and one worthy daughter of Darrang district have brought laurels by securing positions among the top ten in the State. Anurag Barman son of Amitabh Barman and Usha Rani Barman of Burha -a bordering village of Kamrup Rural district and Darrang district under Pathorighat Revenue Circle of the district has secured the sixth position in the State with total marks of 588. Anurag, however, appeared from a nearby school namely Udayan Santi Niketan at Bezera under Kamrup Rural district. Anurag will join Science stream in Higher Secondary standard with the aim to be an engineer. Jefrin Ara Ahmed - daughter of Saahjahan Ali and Jinnat Juli Jaaman of village Duwaripara under Sipajhar Revenue Circle of the district has grabbed the ninth position in the State securing a total of 585 marks. Jefrin appeared from Happy Child English School in Sipajhar. Talking to media Jefrin informed her desire to become a Neurologist in future for which she would now pursue her studies in HS Science stream.

On the other hand Abdul Aziz s/o. Arman Ali and Wahida Begum of village Pipirakuchi, Sipajhar while overcoming the acute financial hardships of his family managed to secure the top second position in the AHM final examination by securing a total of 551 marks. Abdul Aziz appeared the exam from Pipirakuchi Anchalik High Madrassa. He is willing to become a medical practitioner and hence he will now pursue his further studies in HS Science stream.

Meanwhile, the district recorded the top 7th position among the 27 districts of the State with an overall pass percentage of 67.93 which is slightly better than that of the last year figure of 66.12 %. However, as far as the quality of this year’s performance is a concern it is relatively poor in comparison to that of 2018. This year out of the total of 9931 candidates who had appeared 2069 passed in the first division comparing to 2454 in last year. In High Madrassa the district recorded the overall success rate of 57.23%.

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