India, March 26 -- The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Tuesday announced the Class 12 board results ahead of other school boards of the country, but its list of its toppers had a surprise element.

There was none in the list of toppers from the Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya (SAV), a dream project of chief minister Nitish Kumar started in 2010 to provide quality education to talented students from across the state, who invariably don't have access to well-equipeed schools in rural areas. It was meant to be an aspirational institution.

Of the 28 toppers in the top five rank holders in the three streams of Science, Arts and Commerce, there is none from the SAV this year, while all the top positions, which also have handsome scholarsh...