dehradun saumya krishnatrey of citybased ann mary school was among the clinched the third position in the country and the first in the state with 496 marks out of 500 992 in the icse class x exams results of which were declared at 3 pm on tuesdayshe shared the 3rd spot with 23 others across the country in the isc class xii exams vardaan gupta from carman school topped uttarakhand and stood third in the country with 398 out of 400 marks 995 he shared the 3rd spot with 35 other students across the country both toppers said they had stayed away from social media to focus better on studiesvardaan guptas father ashwini kumar gupta couldnt hold back tears after seeing his sons results he had scored 99 in math and 100 in physics the subjects his parents had taught him at home ashwini is the mathematics teacher at vardaans school and his mother ritu gupta is a physics teacher in another city school i took coaching classes only for chemistry in which i scored the lowest 97 as for the rest i scored 99 in english and math and 100 in physics and computer science said vardaan adding that he had created a facebook account but wasnt using itall my friends would waste a lot of time on social media i am sure the distance i maintained from facebook instagram and twitter helped me focus more on my goals said vardaan who wants to become a civil servantsaumya krishnatrey the icse class x topper said that she wants to follow her brothers footsteps who is pursuing btech from iit roorkee daughter of an assistant conservator of forests acf posted in mussoorie saumya is also passionate about bharatnatyam she has completed a sixyear course in the dance form and performed at various events in uttarakhand and outsidei have secured 100 marks in english literature and 100 in math both are my favourite subjects i want to become an engineer like my elder brother said saumya who has moved to rajasthans kota to prepare for engineering entrance exams she added that social media was a big nono for her i did use whatsapp to share notes with friends but there was no facebook or instagram for me she addedseveral schools in dehradun had 100 pass percentage many students also secured above 90 marks in both class x and xiiwhile 196271 students appeared in icse class x exams across india this year 86713 appeared in the isc class xii exams in icse 9854 students passed while 9652 passed isc girls once again outshined boys this year in class x 9905 girls and 9812 boys passed as for class xii the pass percentage was 9784 for girls and 9540 for boys