Girls outdo boys in Class X results

Girls outdo boys in Class X results
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 30
Girls outshone boys in the Class X examinations in the Jammu province, the results of which were declared by the J&K State Board of School Education (BoSE) here today. With 98.2 per cent marks (491/500), Tanu Devi, a student of RMC Higher Secondary School, Kathua, secured the top position, while the second position was shared by Megha Sethi, a student of Spring Dales English School, Kathua, and Swadha Kailoo of Brahama Rishi Bawra SVP Higher Secondary School, Udhampur, with 97 per cent marks (485/500). The top 20 positions on the merit list were secured by 84 students, including 53 girls.

The results, which were for the first time declared on the grading pattern, witnessed a decline of above six per cent as compared to the last year’s results. This year, the pass percentage is 50.01 per cent as compared to 56.52 per cent last year. The pass percentage of boys and girls were 49.22 and 50.98 per cent, respectively.

Of 47,061 students, who appeared in the exams, 20,275 were declared pass, while 3,259 students got reappear and 23,350 failed. Interestingly, all students, whose names figured on the merit list, were from private schools, and none was from government schools.

However, Prof Javed Iqbal Khatib, Joint Secretary (Secrecy), BoSE, said the pass percentage declined this year due to a strict drive against copying and use of unfair means during exams.

Courtesy: The Tribune