Tue May 27 12:40:00 UTC 2025: Okay, here’s a news article based on the provided text:
**Jharkhand Board Class 10 Results Declared: Hazaribagh’s Geetanjali Kumari Tops with 98.6%**
**Ranchi, Jharkhand -** The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has announced the results for the Class 10 board examinations. Students can now access their results on the official JAC websites: jac.jharkhand.gov.in, results.digilocker.gov.in and jacresults.com, as well as livehindustan.com.
This year witnessed an overall pass percentage of 91.71%, a 1.31% increase compared to last year’s 90.39%.
Geetanjali Kumari, a student of Indira Gandhi Balika High School in Hazaribagh, emerged as the state topper, securing an impressive 493 marks out of 500, translating to a 98.60% score. Her individual subject scores are as follows: Music (100), English (99), Mathematics (98), Science (100), Social Science (96), and Sanskrit (87). Geetanjali’s father is Umesh Pal.
A total of 433,944 students had registered for the JAC matriculation exam this year, with 431,488 appearing for the examination. Out of those who appeared, 395,755 students successfully passed the exam. The breakdown of divisions is as follows: 221,040 students secured first division, 157,194 students secured second division, and 17,521 students achieved third division.
The JAC Class 10 examinations were conducted from February 11 to March 9, in the first shift from 9:45 AM to 1:00 PM.
First Piper 