CBSE 12th Results: 17-year Old From Chandigarh Who Lost Eyes In Acid Attack Scores Over 95%
CBSE 12th Results 2025: Kafi lost her eyesight after a neighbor threw acid at her during a family dispute, resulting in her permanent blindness.
17-year-old Kafi, who lost her eyesight at the age of three, has achieved an impressive 95.6 per cent in her CBSE Class 12 board exam results 2025 announced on Tuesday. Kafi lost her eyesight after a neighbor threw acid at her during a family dispute, resulting in her permanent blindness. After years of treatment for her severe injuries, Kafi enrolled in the Institute for the Blind in Chandigarh.
The student from Hisar in Haryana used Braille, and audiobooks for her CBSE board exams, reported PTI. Kafi, who chose the humanities stream, studied for about two-three hours daily. Now she aims to become an IAS officer.
Her father, Pawan, works as a peon in the Haryana secretariat, while her mother, Suman, is a homemaker. Both her parents had studied only up to Class 5 but they were determined to provide Kafi with the best opportunities to advance in her career. Kafi advanced from Class 2 to 6 only after her treatment was completed.
In her 10th exams too, Kafi had achieved over 95 per cent. She had secured 95.2 per cent.
This year, more than 93 per cent students cleared the Class 10 exam, while 88.39 per cent passed class 12. Girls once again outshone boys in both exams.
'The board will issue merit certificates to the top 0.1 per cent students who have scored the highest marks in subjects. The merit certificates will be available in the DigiLocker of the students concerned," Sanyam Bhardwaj, the CBSE's examination controller said.
The CBSE did not announce merit lists in 2020 and 2021 after the board adopted an alternative assessment scheme since some or all papers were cancelled due to COVID-19. It permanently discontinued the policy in 2022.
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May 14, 2025, 21:22 IST
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