Bihar Board 10th Result 2026 Highlights: Pushpanjali Kumari, Sabreen Praween secure top ranks; pass percentage - 81.79%

Bihar Education Minister Sunil 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 for class 10 exams was completed within a record time of 12 days, he added.

Around 82 percent of the students have passed the class 10 Board exams this year, said the Bihar School Examination Board on Sunday.

Nahid Sultana of Begusarai district secured second rank with 489 marks out of 500, while Anupa Kumari of Buxar and Om Kumar of Begusarai jointly stood third with 488 marks, according to a statement issued by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB).

Five students, consisting of two girls and three boys, achieved the fifth position in the Bihar Class 10 board examinations by scoring 486 out of 500 marks, which equates to a 97.2%.

They are -Prerana Kumari from R Krit High School Banwaripur in Begusarai, Nasreen Parveen from RDM High School Gadhani in Bhojpur, Avnish Kumar from BP High School in Begusarai, Vikas Kumar Gupta from SS 108 High School Hatta in Kaimur, and Rupesh Kumar from Higher Secondary School Suhat in Saharsa.

Pushpanjali Kumari clinched the top position in the 2026 Bihar Board Class 10 (Matric) Examination, achieving 493 out of 500 marks, which equates to a 98.4% average.

Living in Gopalpur village within the Rajaun block, her milestone has generated immense pride for both her district and the entire state.

Enrolled at Simultala Residential School, Pushpanjali attributed her top-tier performance to the guidance of her parents and instructors. She harbors ambitions of becoming an IAS officer to provide service to the country. Her father, Lalmohan Sharma, who works as a government school teacher, remarked that she has maintained academic excellence throughout her childhood years.

Out of the total male participants, 726,057 students, who appeared for the class 10 Board exams, 601,390 successfully passed, representing a significant portion of the overall 12,35,743 candidates who cleared the exams.

Bihar Education Minister Sunil Kumar and Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Chairman Anand Kishor urged students who did not pass not to take undue stress. They assured that supplementary exams will be conducted to give students another opportunity to clear the subjects.

Step 1: Open the UMANG app in mobile.

Step 2: Create an account using phone number.

Step 3: Select Bihar Board Class 10 tab after loging in.

Step 4: Write name and address and Ticket ID, Roll Number, and Date of Birth as mentioned on Bihar board Admit Card 2026.

Step 5: BSEB 10th result 2026 will appear on the screen.

Step 6: Download the result and take a printout for future use.

Nahid Sultana of Begusarai has secured Rank 2 in Bihar Board Matric results. She scored 489 out of 500 marks in Class 10.

Students can check Bihar Board matric scorecard using SMS by following the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Open the SMS app on mobile phone and create a new message

Step 2: Type the message in the format: BIHAR10(space) roll number and send it to 56263.

Step 3: The Bihar Board Matric 10th result 2026 will be received on the same mobile number via SMS.

Over 4.43 lakh students secured first division, check division wise results here:

1. First Division

Boys: 234,501

Girls: 209,222

Total: 443,723

2. Second Division

Boys: 225,011

Girls: 250,500

Total: 475,511

3. Third Division

Boys: 135,676

Girls: 167,427

Total: 303,103

Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will honour top 10 candidates of the matric results with a Prashasti patr and a medal. The board will also give a laptop to meritorious candidates.

Check the cash award for toppers

• First topper: ₹2 lakh
• Second topper: ₹1.5 lakh
• Third topper: ₹1 lakh

The official results link is not activated at the moment. Candidates are advised to check their results on LiveMint Portal.

Number of male students passed: 6,01,390

Number of female students passed: 634353

A total of 13 students secured a spot in top 5 list of BSEB Matric examination.

As many as 15,00,988 students appeared for the Class 10 board examination in the state this year.

This year, a total of12,35,743 students qualified the BSEB Matric examination.