Srinagar- Girls outperformed boys in both Class 10 and Class 12 annual regular examinations as the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Wednesday declared the results, recording an overall pass percentage of 84 percent in Class 10 and 85 percent in Class 12.
Officials said that 85.03 percent of the 94,845 students who appeared in the Class 10 examinations qualified. Of these, 47,736 were boys and 47,109 were girls. The results showed that girls were marginally ahead, with 40,408 girls, or 85.78 percent, clearing the exams compared to 40,242 boys, or 84.30 percent.
A total of 16,550 students secured Grade A1 in Class 10, followed by 14,398 who received Grade A2.
The Class 10 examinations were conducted from November 3 across 994 examination centres set up by the Board in the Kashmir division and winter zones of Jammu division. Of the enrolled candidates, 68,804 were from ten districts of Kashmir, while 25,224 were from eight districts of Jammu’s winter zone areas. Additionally, 660 students from Kargil and 95 from Leh district appeared in the exams.
For Class 12, officials said that 85 percent of the 70,735 students who appeared in the annual regular examinations qualified. Girls continued to lead the performance chart, with 86 percent clearing the exam, while the pass percentage among boys stood at 82 percent.
Nearly 33,549 candidates, accounting for about 47 percent, secured distinction by scoring above 75 percent marks in the Class 12 examinations.
Pertinently, the Board had granted a 15 percent syllabus relaxation for Classes 10, 11 and 12 due to delayed commencement of the academic session and repeated disruptions caused by heat waves, torrential rains, cloudbursts and floods.
In an earlier notification, the Director Academics of the Board stated that, as approved by the competent authority, eligible students appearing in the annual regular 2025 examinations were required to attempt 85 percent of the syllabus, which would be treated as equivalent to 100 percent marks. This relaxation applied to students in the Kashmir division, winter zone areas of Jammu division and the Union Territory of Ladakh.
