Three small-town students top CG 10th Mahasamund + Mungeli + ₹1.5 lakh each
Sandhya Nayak, Parirani Pradhan and Anshul Sharma jointly topped CGBSE Class 10 with 594 out of 600. Two are from Eklavya schools in Mahasamund; one from Lormi in Mungeli. The state announced ₹1.5 lakh cash for each.
At 2:30 PM on April 29, the cabinet hall in Raipur went quiet for thirty seconds while Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai's office uploaded the CGBSE Class 10 mark sheet. Then the topper line went live and three names showed up on the same row — Sandhya Nayak, Parirani Pradhan, Anshul Sharma. All three at 594 out of 600. All three from outside the state's metro belt. By 4 PM the celebrations had spilled out of two schoolyards in Mahasamund district and one in Lormi, Mungeli.
What CGBSE actually announced
The Chhattisgarh Board released both Class 10 and 12 results on the same afternoon. Class 10 overall pass percentage stood at 77.15% — up roughly five points from last year. The girls-vs-boys gap was 81.03% to 72.27%. Sandhya Nayak (Eklavya English School, Arjunda, Mahasamund), Parirani Pradhan (Eklavyaa English Medium HSS, Baloda, Mahasamund), and Anshul Sharma (New Generation Public HSS, Lormi, Mungeli) shared Rank 1. The state government announced a ₹1.5 lakh cash reward per topper. In Class 12, Jigyasu Verma of Baloda Bazar topped at 98.60%, with Omni Verma (Bemetara) and Krish Mahant (Raigarh) at second and third — and 33 of the top 43 ranks went to girls. Schools running exam results and marksheets need their topper records and corrected sheet templates ready before the front desk fills up Monday morning.
What this changes for your school
If you run a Tier-2 or Tier-3 school in Chhattisgarh, this topper list is the WhatsApp share that just upgraded your admission pitch for the 2026-27 cycle. Pull every district-rank card you have, get your principal's congratulation video shot by Saturday, and pin a topper section on your school website. Class 10 parents sitting at home looking at your Class 11 admissions in May read this exact list. The metro-versus-mofussil narrative is the strongest demand-side signal CG schools have had in years.
What to watch next
CGBSE's revaluation window stays open till May 14 — see our revaluation deadline coverage for borderline students. Supplementary exam dates land within the fortnight, with the first paper typically in early July. Class 12 college admission cycles in CG colleges open by mid-May.
Source: Free Press Journal, Dainik Jagran English. Original notice: cgbse.nic.in.
Frequently asked questions
3 questionsYes. Three students each scored 594 out of 600 — Sandhya Nayak from Eklavya English School, Arjunda; Parirani Pradhan from Eklavyaa English Medium Higher Secondary School, Baloda; and Anshul Sharma from New Generation Public Higher Secondary School, Lormi. CGBSE does not break ties at the top with secondary criteria for the merit list, so all three share the position.
The Chhattisgarh state government announced a ₹1.5 lakh reward per topper. The amount is paid through the state education department to each merit-list topper across both Class 10 and 12. Schools should track receipt with the families — it routes through the student's bank account, not the school.
Pin the topper section on your school website with the result-day photograph, the marksheet certificate (with parent consent on the marks display), and the topper's quote. Most parents looking at Class 11 admissions in May ask one question first — 'how did your previous Class 10 batch do' — and a topper card with names and percentages answers that before they need to ask.
