Districts outshine Kolkata, boys outperform girls in Bengal Class 10 board exams
The Hindu
West Bengal Class X board exam results show district-wise performance variations, with boys outperforming girls overall.
On Friday (May 2, 2025), the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) declared the results of this year’s Class X board exam, which commenced on February 10 and ended on April 2.
Students from districts of West Bengal have outperformed students from Kolkata in the Class 10 board examination (Madhyamik Pariksha) this year.
The highest pass percentage this year was recorded among students from Purba Medinipur district (96.46%), followed closely by students of Kalimpong district in north Bengal (96.09%). Kolkata ranks third among the districts in terms of pass percentage this year (92.30%).
Meanwhile, among the 66 students who secured top 10 ranks in the State this year, only one from Kolkata belonged to the list.
Adrita Sarkar from Raiganj Coronation High School in Uttar Dinajpur district ranked first. Anubhab Biswas from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir in Malda and Soumya Pal from Vishnupur High School in Bankura jointly ranked second. The third rank has been secured by a female candidate, Ishani Chakraborty, from Bankura’s Kotulpur Saroj Basini Balika Vidyalaya.
Abantika Roy from Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls’ School is the only student from Kolkata to secure a rank in the top 10 candidates of this year. She ranked eighth.
Eleven of the 66 top rankers hailed from the Bankura district. Other districts with a high number of State toppers include Purba Medinipur, Malda, and Hooghly.
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