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Azamgarh boy tops B Ed entrance exam

TNN May 28, 2013, 04.01AM IST

LUCKNOW: Boys took the top slot in the joint entrance examination for admissions to Bachelor of Education ( UPBEd-JEE) - 2013, results of which were declared on Sunday. Officials at the Deen Dayal Updhayay Gorakhpur University-the body conducting Bed-2013- said the top 36 positions have been occupied by boys.
Scoring 301 marks out of 400, Santosh Yadav from Azamgarh emerged topper. In the girl's category, the highest place was secured by Divya Srivastava, a native of Deoria who scored 279.6 marks. State coordinator, B Ed 2013, Surendra Dubey said, "Divya's general rank is 37. Before this, all slots have been grabbed by boys. The results are surprising as usually girls outshine boys.''
As many as 3,78,012 candidates had registered for the exam that was held on April 24 at 689 centres in 26 cities. In Lucknow, 18,837 candidates took the exam at 40 centres. Nearly 30,949 candidates took the exam in Allahabad, 31,513 candidates in Agra, 28,399 candidates in Varanasi, 30,234 candidates in Kanpur. The counseling will begin from June 5. According to Dubey, there are 1,20,811 seats in 1,098 B Ed colleges across the state. "Every one has qualified the exam. But admissions will depend on the number of seats,'' said he.

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