Digital detox helped improve focus, study long hours : State CBSE Commerce topper

Bokaro: Priya Palbabu, who became the joint state topper in CBSE Class 12 Commerce, resorted to digital detox to focus on her studies. A student of DPS Bokaro, her move eventually paid off as she secured 99.4% in the examination, whose results on Wednesday.

“I uninstalled every social media app from my phone to stay focussed on my preparations. This made me disciplined and helped me study nearly four hours every day with complete focus,” she said.

Priya said staying away from social media was the best decision she made in run up to the exams. In Class 10, she scored 96.8% but bettered her percentage this time. A national-level karate player, Priya said she aspires to become a Chartered Accountant.

Like Priya, several other district toppers either minimised or completely stepped away from mobile and social media distractions.

In Humanities, Amrit Raj of Holy Cross School scored 99.6% to become the district topper while Aditya Mishra of DPS Bokaro topped in Science in Bokaro.

At Sree Ayyappa Public school, Pallavi Kumari emerged as overall school topper with 97.8% in Commerce. The school produced 14 students scoring above 90%, while 135 crossed the 75% mark, it said.

Other schools like Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Guru Gobind Singh Public School, MGM Higher Secondary School and Pentecostal Assembly School also registered strong, balanced performances across streams.