Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Saturday declared the results of the Class X annual examination for the Kashmir division. A total of 75 per cent students have qualified the exams.
This year, boys have outshined girls. The pass percentage of boys is 76.41 while the pass percentage of girls is 74.40.
For the past several years, girls had been performing better than boys and secured the top positions in both Class X and XII exams.
Board officials said 55,472 students — boys 28,636 and girls 26,836 — were enrolled in Class X. The total number of students who qualified the examination is 38,939, while 2,907 candidates have qualified but have been asked to improve.
According to the official figures, 13,593 candidates failed to qualify the examination.
Like the last year the list of toppers has not been declared as the board put in place the grade system in 2017.
Tamheed Bukhari, son of slain editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari, who was shot dead by militants outside his office in June this year, has secured 95 per cent marks, his family said.
A board official said the results were declared more than a month after the exam.
“Everything was done smoothly and the results have been declared in the shortest possible time,” the board official said.
In the militancy-hit Pulwama and Shopian districts, the overall pass percentage in Class X exams is 84.50 and 83, respectively. The overall pass percentage in Srinagar is 81.90. More than one lakh students appeared for the board exams of Class X and XII this year. The exams ended in the last week of October.
Shujaat’s son scores 95 per cent marks
Tamheed Bukhari, son of slain editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari, has secured 95 per cent marks, his family said
75 per cent students have qualified the Class X annual exams, the results of which were declared on Saturday
The pass percentage of boys is 76.41 while the pass percentage of girls is 74.40