BENGALURU: Five students from Bengaluru are among the 34 who secured the second merit position nationally in the ICSE (class 10) results announced on Sunday evening. They bagged 498 marks in English + best 4 subjects.
Karnataka secured 99.99 pass percentage, with 23,293 students taking the exam. The All-India pass percentage is 99.97%. The ICSE marks were calculated by adding the term 1, term 2 and project (internal assessment marks) scores. The national toppers, who secured 499 marks are: Hargun Kaur Matharu from St Mary's School, Pune; Anika Gupta from Sheiling House school, Kanpur; Pushkar Triparhi from Jesus and Mary School and College, Balrampur, and Kanishka Mittal, City Montessori School, Lucknow.