17-year-old acid attack survivor from Hisar scores 95.6 percent in CBSE Class 12, aspires to become an IAS officer

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Defying all odds, 17-year-old Kafi, an acid attack survivor from Hisar, has scored an impressive 95.6 percent in the CBSE Class 12 examination and aspires to become an IAS officer.

Chandigarh [India], May 30 (HBTV): Defying all odds, 17-year-old Kafi, an acid attack survivor from Hisar, has scored an impressive 95.6 percent in the CBSE Class 12 examination and aspires to become an IAS officer.

Speaking to ANI, Kafi said, ‘I belong to Hisar, Haryana, and currently live in Chandigarh. I am a student at the Institute for the Blind. In the recent CBSE Class 12 board results, I scored 95.6 percent. I had scored 95.2 percent in Class 10 as well. I am an acid attack victim, and my target is to become an IAS officer. Being a visually challenged girl, there were a lot of challenges, but my parents and teachers helped me a lot to conquer them. We have limited access to resources, but technology helped us a lot. My main source of study was audio and textbooks.’

She credited her teachers for her success and said, ‘My parents have been my support system and inspiration. The way they have sacrificed for me, I just want to pay back to them. This pushes me a lot to do better in my life. For the students out there, I want to say that social media and other things are not going to decide our future, we have to do hard work. We will have to be humble and a good human being.’

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 10 results on Tuesday. A total of 93.66 percent of students passed the examination, a 0.06 percent increase from the previous year.

Girls outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 95 percent, which was 2.37 percent higher than that of boys. According to a CBSE press release, 22,38,827 students appeared for the examination, out of which 20,95,467 passed.

Region-wise, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest pass percentage at 99.70 percent, while Guwahati in Assam registered the lowest at 84.14 percent. The Class 10 examinations were held from February 15 to March 18.

Earlier, CBSE released the Class 12 results, in which 88.39 percent of students passed—0.41 percent more than last year. Girls again outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 91 percent, 5.94 percent higher than boys.

Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh topped the Class 12 results regionally with a 99.60 percent pass rate, while Prayagraj ranked lowest, with around 80 percent of students passing. Over 16 lakh students appeared for the Class 12 examinations, and more than 14 lakh passed.

The CBSE Class 10 examinations in 2025 were conducted across 7,837 centres in 26,675 schools.

(ANI)