CBSE Results: Here's how PM Modi congratulated Class 12 students on their examination results

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results for the Class 12 examination on Thursday. Hansika Shukla from Ghaziabad and Karishma Arora from Muzaffarnagar both scored 499 marks out of 500. While Shukla is a student of Delhi Public School, Meerut Road, Karishma Arora is a student of SD Public School Muzaffarnagar.

Congratulating all the student, Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded the efforts of the teachers and students. 

While the top-performing region is Thiruvananthapuram with a pass percentage of 98.2%, in Chennai, the pass percentage is 92.93% and in Delhi region, the pass percentage is 91.875.

Three girls secure the second position: Gaurangi Chawla of Nirmal Ashram school, Rishikesh Aishwarya of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rai Bareilly and Bhavya of BR SK International Public School Jind Haryana have scored 498 out of 500 and bagged 2nd position. There are 18 students in the third position who scored 497 out of 500. Out of the 18 students, 11 are girls.

Union HRD Minister Javadekar also congratulated all the students who appeared: