Guwahati: The results of the top reputed colleges from Guwahati in Kamrup (Metro) were not up to the mark and had a poor performance in the top 10 candidates list' in all the streams of the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) Examination 2022.
Notably, the higher Secondary (HS) results were announced on June 27.
Only three candidates from Guwahati's colleges managed to feature in the top 10 list in all the streams - Arts, Science and Commerce.
Deepak Lodha of KC Das Commerce College, Guwahati secured sixth position in Commerce stream. Deepak, whose subjects were English, Alt English, Accountancy, BUST, BMST and Economics, scored an impressive 468 marks out of 500.
The eighth position in Arts stream was bagged by Abhinanda Hazarika and he happens to be a student of the prestigious Cotton University, Kamrup (Metro).
Abhinanda scored 475 marks out of 500 and shared the position with Nikhil Das from Kamrupa Girls' Senior Secondary School, Kamrup (Rural). His subjects happened to be English, Alt English, Economics, Statistics, Political Science and Mathematics.
Bedanta Sarma from Cotton University, Kamrup (Metro) clinched the tenth position in Science stream. He scored 474 marks out of 500 and his subjects were English, Mass, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.
Meanwhile, 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% made 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.
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