Ludhiana, May 17 -- Girls have taken lead in Ludhiana, sweeping the top three district ranks in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class 10 exams, results of which were declared on Friday. With 52 students-41 girls and 11 boys-making it to the state merit list, the district recorded an overall pass percentage of 91.62% this year.

A student of Teja Singh Sutantar Memorial Senior Secondary School, Arshnoor led the district with 99.38%, securing 4th position in Punjab. Scoring a perfect 100 in Mathematics, she has opted for non-medical stream in Class 11 and aspires to become an IT engineer. "My mantra is self-study and revising each subject at least twice," she said, adding that while she had no strict schedule, she focused on solvin...