The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared its Class X results on Saturday. As students logged in to the website to check their individual results, schools had a tough time accessing data of the overall performance, due to heavy traffic. It was only in the evening — when the cumulative data of schools began to reflect on the website — that the success stories shone through, with some students scoring more than 99 per cent.

Ashmita Jain of St Joseph High School in New Panvel, who scored 99.6 per cent, celebrates with her family