Ludhiana, May 14 -- Girls dominated the top scorers' list in Class 10 results declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday. Jainika Jain from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, got a near-perfect 99.8%, scoring a full 100 in all subjects except Punjabi, in which she scored 99.

Jainika, who said that she did not take any coaching classes, relied entirely on self-study, NCERT books, a few extra resources and sample papers. She said consistency was her mantra throughout the year. "I didn't take stress during exams. I studied regularly and stayed calm. I used to spend around four hours daily on studies and turned to conversations with my mother and grandparents to relax my mind during exam days,"...