The Bihar School Examination Board on Sunday announced the results of its Class 10 board examination, and close to 82 per cent of the students have passed the exam. Pushpanjali Kumari of Jamui district and Sabreen Parveen of Vaishali district topped the exams with 98.4 per cent marks, Bihar Education Minister Sunil Kumar said. Announcing the result, Kumar said that Bihar is the only state this time to announce the results of class 10 and 12 exams in March itself. Through the use of technology, the evaluation process was completed within a record time of 12 days, he said. Talking to reporters, Kumar said, "Of the total 15,10,928 students who appeared for the exams, 81.79 per cent have passed." Bihar School Examination Board Chairman Anand Kishor was also present on the occasion. The class 12 results of the board were declared on March 25.