Meet Prince Kumar from Delhi, a DTC bus driver's son who got 97% in Class 12 CBSE Science stream

On Saturday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia,  who also holds the Education portfolio, met Prince Kumar, who got 97% in his Class 12 CBSE exam.

Prince Kumar, the son of a DTC bus driver got 97% in exams, scoring a staggering 100 out of 100 in Maths, 99/10 in Economics and 98/100 in Chemistry.

Sisodia wrote on Twitter: “Very proud moment,  just congratulated  Prince Kumar,topper of Delhi Govt school, Science stream in Class 12. Son of a DTC bus driver has got 97% with 100/100 in Maths, 99/100 Eco, 98/100 in Chemistry.”
 

Very proud moment, just congratulated Prince Kumar,topper of Delhi Govt school, Science stream in Class 12,

Son of a DTC bus driver has got 97% with 100/100 in Maths, 99/100 Eco, 98/100 in Chemistry #DelhiEducationRevolution pic.twitter.com/IeaxhNpX9m

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 26, 2018

Earlier, Atishi Marlena had tweeted the Delhi government schools in Class 12 got a pass percentage of 90.64% which is 2.37% better than their performance last year, and 7.6% higher than the national CBSE average.

Manish Sisodia also tweeted that 168 government schools achieved 100% results as opposed to 112 last year and 638 government schools achieved 90% results compared to 554 schools last year.
Earlier, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar congratulated those who passed CBSE class 12 exam and also advised those who did not do well not to lose heart.

He also said the quality of government schools is improving and congratulated those for a good show.

The CBSE class 12 results were announced today. The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.

"I congratulate all those who succeeded. Those who did not succeed, I give them my best wishes because they should not lose heart. This is a temporary setback and they will put in more effort and succeed," Javadekar said.

According to CBSE officials, government-aided schools registered a pass percentage of 84.48 per cent and government schools had a pass percentage of 84.39.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and Kendriya Vidyalaya had a pass percentage of 97.07 and 97.78 per cent respectively.

Javadekar said, "I am very happy for Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya. Even government and government-aided schools have scored more than the average result. It is really a landmark moment. The quality of government schools is improving and it's a good news for everyone." Over 11 lakh students had registered for the Class 12 examination, which was marred with controversy over the paper leak issue.

The board had conducted a re-test of Class 12 economics paper on April 25, nearly a month after it was leaked triggering widespread outrage and confusion among students across the country.

With inputs from PTI