Around 95% students clear Sanskrit Council Class X, XII exams

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Sanskrit Education Council declared the results of classes X, XI and XII on Friday.According to official figures, the pass percentage in Purva Madhyama Dwitiya (Class X) stood at 95.9% while Uttar Madhyama Pratham (Class XII) recorded 94.4% and Uttar Madhyama Dwitiya registered 94.86%.Secondary education minister Gulab Devi congratulated successful candidates and wished them a bright future.In Class X, Sujeet Kumar of Kannauj topped the state with 661 marks out of 700, Khushboo Saroj of Pratapgarh secured second place with 660, while the third rank was jointly held by Mulayam Singh Yadav and Priyanka Saroj, both from Pratapgarh, with 653 marks each.In Class XII, Rajnish Yadav of Pratapgarh secured first position with 1,251 marks out of 1,400, followed by Vanshika Srivastava of Pratapgarh with 1,199 marks, and Kajal of Pratapgarh and Sanskriti of Amroha jointly with 1,196 marks each.A total of 21,915 candidates had registered for Class X, including 21,107 institutional and 808 private candidates.