While Neelakshi Shukla stood first in Delhi Public School (DPS), Kondhwa, scoring 95.2 per cent, Urvashi Gupta topped DAV School, Aundh, with 95.4 per cent in the science stream. Passing percentage in almost all schools in the city is above 90.

At APS, the second rank has also been secured by a girl — Richa Agarwal — who scored 95.4 per cent in science stream. In commerce stream, Deeksha Ahuja scored 95 per cent to secure first place, Prachi Saxena ranked first in arts stream with 92.6 per cent.

According to DPS principal Neelam Chakraborty, the result of the school was 100 per cent with 15 out of 50 students securing above 90 per cent.

In DAV, Indrajit Deshmukh stood second in science (94.8%) and Payal Singh ranked first in commerce with 93.8 %. In Kendriya Vidyalaya, CME, Akshay Singh stood first in science stream with 94.4 per cent. In Kendriya Vidyalaya, NDA, Nikita Chikate (85.4%), Rukhsar Sheikh (80%) and Soni Kumari (70.8%) ranked first in science, commerce and arts streams respectively.

Shibani Santurkar who topped APS said she wants to become an engineer. “I have appeared for IIT-JEE and AIEEE. I would love to do aerospace engineering at IIT,” she said. “I had joined coaching classes for IIT-JEE, but not for Class XII exams. It was a normal routine throughout the year,” added Shibani, whose father is a software engineer and mother is a homeopath doctor.

Urvashi of DAV said she wants to do electronics engineering from IIT. While Urvashi’s father is a mechanical engineer, mother is a housemaker. “I had not joined any coaching class. My father and mother taught me the important subjects as both have science background,” she said.

Meanwhile, Neelakshi of DPS wants to go ahead with graduation in Economics from the Delhi University. Daughter of Film and Television Institute of India director Pankaj Rag, Neelakshi has plans to join Indian Foreign Services. Neelakshi likes literature and her book of poetry is on the verge of publication. “Though I am interested in humanities, I wanted to study science till Class XII,” she said.

ICSE X results follow same trend

The girls did better than boys even in Indian School Certificate Examination (ICSE) for Class X. Srishthi Dhamija and Tanvi Modi of St Mary’s School scored 98.4 per cent each in Class X and emerged the toppers.

Pratiksha Supuriya of Hutchings’ School scored 97.4 per cent to secure first place in her school. In St Helena’s School, Aishwarya Ghogare ranked first securing 96.6 per cent. While in Vidya Valley School, Pallavee Patil emerged topper with 94.6 per cent, Shaunak Gadwal scored 93.4 per cent to rank first in Hume McHenry Memorial High School of Seventh Day Adventist.

In St Mary’s School Nova Laxmikant Shinde, another girl ranked second with 97.6 per cent. In Hutchings’ School, Swaraj Paul stood second with 96.6 per cent.

In St Helena’s School, while Dhwani Lalai ranked second scoring 96 per cent, Namita Deshmukh stood third securing 95 per cent. The result was 100 per cent in the school and as many as 42 out of 186 scored above 90 per cent marks.

In Vidya Valley School, 40 out of 42 students scored over 70 per cent marks. While in Hume McHenry Memorial High School of Seventh Day Adventist, Tushar Bagdu scored 92.4 per cent to secure second place.

Tanvi Modi gave the credit of her success to her schoolteachers and principal. “I was preparing for Class X from Class IX itself. I had joined a private coaching class for Physics and Chemistry but most of the study was covered in the school,” she said, who wants to become a doctor like her father and mother.

Srishti Dhamija also credited her teachers for her success. “We all were prepared for the examination as the school did work hard on us. I had not joined any private coaching class. I would like to do engineering,” she said.