The Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur (COHSEM) on Monday declared the results of the Higher Secondary Examination, 2022 wherein the total pass percentage stood at 90.09. In the Arts stream, the pass percentage stood at 91.18 per cent, 89.67 per cent in the Science stream and 89.03 per cent in Commerce stream.

For the Science stream, the first position was bagged by Rahul Naorem, son of Athokpam Shantibala Devi and Naorem Jibol Singh, of Extra Edge School, Ghari scoring 478 marks out of 500; Kshetrimayum Rajshree, daughter of Tourangbam Shantibala and Kshetrimayum Brojen Singh, of Millennium Institute of Sciences, Sagolband Kwakeithel Mayaikoibi stood second by scoring 474 total marks while Wairokpam Anupriya Devi, daughter of W Anita Devi and W Chandrakumar Singh, of Herbert School, Changangei came third with 472 total marks.

In the Arts stream, all the top three ranks were bagged by female candidates of Enlighten Knowledge Higher Secondary School, Sangakpam. The first rank was secured by Golmei Gaihemmei, daughter of Gangmei Akashini Kabuini and G Katazinpou with a score of 459 marks out of a total 500; Raniya Soibam, daughter of Waikhom Pratima Devi and Soibam Biramani Singh came in second with a score of 457 while Naorem Jessica Devi, daughter of Naorem Aruni Devi and Naorem Hemanta Singh, with a total score of 456, came in third.

For the commerce too, all the top three ranks were bagged by female candidates; Abujam Anjali Devi, daughter of Abujam Sarda Devi and Abujam Romen, of SDJM Higher Secondary School, Paona Bazaar stood first with a grand total of 424 out of 500; Niangbiaklun, daughter of Khualching and Chingkhanlal, of VK Tawna College, Lamka, Churachandpur stood second with total marks of 399 and Tongbram Luxmi Devi, daughter of Tongbram Sobita Devi and Tongbram Dhaneshwara Singh, of SDJM Higher Secondary bagged third rank getting 397 total marks.

The total number of students who appeared in the examination was 28,166, comprising 13,881 female candidates and 14,285 male candidates; a total of 25,374 students cleared the exam. Meanwhile, the total number of female candidates that passed the examination is 12,728 while the tally for male candidates is 12,646.

From government institutes, 3,652 female candidates and 3,550 male candidates appeared in the exam wherein 3,341 female candidates cleared the exam and 3,085 male candidates cleared the exam too. As for private institutes, 9,165 female candidates appeared for examination while 9,604 male candidates appeared too; 8,413 female candidates cleared the exam while 8,544 male candidates cleared the exam.