New Delhi: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) declared the Bihar Class 10 Matric result 2017 at on Thursday, June 22 at 1 pm on its official website biharboard.ac.in. and the total pass percentage was 50.12% this year.

The overall pass percentage of Class 10 exam increased by around 3% this year as compared to last year. Out of the 17,23,911 students who appeared for the exams this year only 8,63,950 students passed while 8.61 lakh students failed. According to officials, 13.91% students secured first division, 26.88% second division and 9.32% third division.

Prem Kumar topped with 93 per cent marks. He has secured 465 marks out of 500. Bhavya Kumari and Harshita Kumari have secured the second and the third position with 92.8 per cent (total marks 464) and 92 per cent respectively.

The most interesting fact in this year's result is that 11 students of Simultala High School in Jamui have made it to the top ten with identical marks.

The BSEB Class 10 results were supposed to be declared at 11 am but were postponed likely due to the swearing-in of Keshari Nath Tripathi as caretaker Governor of Bihar.

The Bihar Board Class 10th exams were conducted from March 1 to March 8, 2017, and more than 15 lakh students appeared for it.

The BSEB Bihar Board Class 10th Result 2017 has been postponed twice since May 30. Owing to the controversies and frauds surrounding the class 12 results declared recently, class 10 results are one of the most anticipated secondary school education results.

Steps to check BSEB 10th Board Result 2017:

* Log on to the websites biharboard.ac.in or bihar.indiaresults.com

* Click on the Bihar board Class 10 matric results 2017

* Enter your roll number

* The Bihar Class 10 matric result will appear

* Click on 'Save' to download the result

* Students can take a print out for further reference

Students also can check their Bihar class 10th Matric Result 2017 via SMS

SMS - BIHAR10<space>ROLLCODE + ROLLNO - Send it to 56263

The BSEB Matric Results 2017 are also available on other websites bihar.indiaresults.com or examresults.net

The Bihar Board Class X Supplementary results also will be released in the month of June.

For the academic year 2015-16, the Bihar Board class 10 exams were held in March 2016 and the Bihar Board 10th results were declared on 20 June, 2016.