AGARTALA, July 31 (TIWN): Education Minister Ratanlal Nath has congratulated the TBSE toppers of Class-XII over phone.

He talked to each student who topped from science, arts, commerce subjects.

South Tripura District's girl, Ruchika Sarkar from Arya Colony HS School haven broken the convention, topped in TBSE Class-12 examination.

Bipasha Chakraborty from Vivekananda Vidyapith H.S School bagged the first position with 482 marks.  Swarupa Banik from Prachya Bharati HS School in Agartala stood first in Commerce with 455 marks out of total 500.

The passing rate in TBSE Class-XII is 80.80%