Srinagar, Jun 13: Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Thursday announced the results of the annual regular exams of 10th standard.
An overall pass percentage of 79.25% has been registered this year. Of the total 1,46,136 students, nearly 1,15,816 have qualified. Girls have outnumbered boys by 81.10 percent. The pass percentage of boys was recorded as 77.33%.
The exam was conducted from March 11 to April 4 in the soft zone and from April 4 to May 9 in the hard zone.
Candidates are required to score at least 33 percent marks to qualify for the exam.
The class 10 results are awarded on a nine-point scale to indicate the subject-wise performance of the candidates. Students who obtain the qualifying grades (A1 to D) in all the subjects excluding Additional/Optional/Vocational subjects as per the scheme of studies are entitled to a qualifying certificate.
The maximum number of students passed with a B2 grade. The following is the number of candidates who have scored various grades.
Number of students securing A1: 14,115
Number of students securing A2: 17,471
Number of students securing B1: 23,365
Number of students securing B2: 29, 117
Number of students securing C1: 25,467
Number of students securing C2: 6,269
Number of students securing D: 45
The maximum pass percentage is recorded in Hindi subjects with 96% qualifications. The second highest is recorded in Social Studies with 92% followed by Urdu with 91%.
Around 88% of students qualified in Mathematics, 87% in Science, and 83% in English.
