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Updated: Apr 28, 2019 04:28 IST

Gautam Raghuvanshi (91.17%) of Kanpur and Tanu Tomar (97.80%) of Baghpat topped the high school and intermediate examinations respectively of the UP Board, the results of which were declared on Saturday. Held amid strict anti-copying measures, overall 80.07% students managed to clear the high school and 70.06% intermediate examinations, said Vinay Kumar Pandey, director, UP Board.

While for high school it was an improvement of 4.91% from the previous year, the Intermediate results recorded a drop of 2.37%.

Like many previous years, girls outdid boys in both the examinations by registering a pass percentage of 83.98% vis-à-vis 76.66% attained by boys in high school examination.

In Intermediate, too, girls secured a pass percentage of 76.46% while boys could manage to register only 64.40% results. Of the total 31,92,587 who registered for high school, 22,73,304 students cleared the exam, this include 11,63,735 boys and 11,09,569 girls. In intermediate, of the total 26,03,169 who registered, a total of 16,47,919 students, including 8,03,330 boys and 8,44,58 girls, cleared the exam. P3