Position Name School Percentage First Savan Raj Bharti Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya, Jamui 97.20% Second Ronit Raj Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya, Jamui 96.60% Third Priyanshu Raj Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya, Jamui 96.20%

NEW DELHI: The Bihar State Education Board has released the Class 10 (matric) results today on its official website.With 97.20 per cent Savan Raj Bharti topped the matric examination, Ronit Raj stood second with 96.60% marks while Priyanshu Raj scored 96.20 per cent and came third in the state.All three toppers are from the same residential school, Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya.Out of 18 state toppers, 16 are for the same school - Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya, Jamui. Surprisingly, not even a single girl could make it to the top 18 list.As per the past years' result trends, generally girls do better in board examinations but Bihar is an exception, in the Class 10th results declared today, the number of boys, who passed the examination was higher than their girl counterparts. Out of 13,20,036 successful candidates 6,36,046 are girls and 6,83,990 are boys.The Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya was set up in 2010 by chief minister Nitish Kumar along the lines of the Netarhat Residential School in Jharkhand.In 2015, the school has record of producing 30 out of 31 in top 10 rank holders in Class X board exam.