PATNA, March 25 -- Girl students have outperformed boys in the Bihar board Class 12th (Intermediate) final examination - both in the stream-wise pass percentages and representation in the merit list. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) announced the results on Tuesday.

In the Arts stream, nine out of the 12 students, who feature in the merit list, are female students. Ankita Kumari (Vaishali) and Sakib Sha (Buxar) are the joint toppers of Arts stream, getting 94.6% marks.

In Commerce stream, Raushani Kumari of Vaishali topped with 95% marks. in the commerce stream too, a majority of the top five rank holders are female students.

The Science stream is one exception. Although the overall topper in the stream is a female student, Pr...