An estimated 86.34 per cent students passed the class-10 board examinations in West Bengal this year, the results of which were published on Wednesday.

A total of 8,43,305 students out of total 10,03,666 students passed the Madhyamki exams, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Kalyanmoy Ganguly told reporters here.

According to the merit list published by the board, Aritra Paul of Memari Vidyasagar Memorial School in Burdwan East district topped the tests, securing 694 out of 700 marks with a percentage of 99.14.

The state class-10 board examinations were held from February 18 to 27.

The results can be accessed on the Internet, while the mark sheets will be distributed from various centres across the state on July 22, Ganguly added.

Madhyamik results will be declared on Wednesday (July 15) and that of Higher Secondary on Friday (July 17), chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday.

Madhyamik: Some of the websites where students can see their results on Wednesday from 10.30am are www.wbbse.org, http://wbresults.nic.in, www.exametc.com, www.telegraphindia.com, abpananda.abplive.in, www.anandabazar.com, www.abpeducation.com, www.schools9.com, www.results.shiksha and www.fastresult.in

The candidates can also check their results here on ABP Education website.

To know the results through SMS, a student has to type WB10roll number and send the message to 5676750. Roll numbers and mobile numbers have to be registered on www.exametc.com to know results through SMS.

One can also know the result from the mobile app “Madhyamik Results 2020”, which can be downloaded from Google Playstore or www.results.siksha free.

HS: Examinees can know their results from websites and through SMS from 4pm on Friday. The websites where the results can be seen include http://wbresults.nic.in, www.exametc.com, www.results.shiksha, www.westbengal.shiksha, www.westbengalonline.in, http://abpananda.abplive.in/ and www.fastresult.in

To know the results through SMS, students have to type WB12roll number and send the message to 54242, 5676750 or 56263.

They can register their roll numbers and mobile num-bers on www.exametc.com to know the result free through SMS.