Girls outshine boys in Haryana board exams

Sat Singh / TNN / Jul 22, 2020, 14:10 IST

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With a pass percentage of 86.30% in the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) Class XII exams, girls have outshone boys with a pass percentage of 75.06%. Overall, of all the students who appeared in the Class XII examinations, 80.34% have cleared it, showing an increase of around 6%. In 2019, the pass percentage was 74.48%.

Girls outshine boys in Haryana board exams

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ROHTAK: With a pass percentage of 86.30% in the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) Class XII exams, girls have outshone boys with a pass percentage of 75.06%. Overall, of all the students who appeared in the Class XII examinations, 80.34% have cleared it, showing an increase of around 6%. In 2019, the pass percentage was 74.48%.
The board decided to upload students’ certificates and results in the digital locker of the official website.HBSE chairman Jagbir Singh said students can check their exams results on the website, bseh.org.in. Manisha, a student of R&D, Sihama, Mahendragarh, stood first in the arts stream with 499 out of 500. Monika from Hisar and Amandeep Kaur from Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 marks to rank second while Varsha of Rewari stood third with 495 out of 500, the chairman said.
In commerce, the first spot went to Pushpa from Kaithal and Sayyam from Fatehabad, scoring 498 out of 500 marks. Anshu from Hisar and Muskan from Jind took second position with 496 marks, while Jaspreet Singh from Fatehabad ranked third with a 495 score.
In science stream, Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks. Amit from Bhiwani and Monu Kumari from Charkhi Dadri stood second with 495 marks.The third place position went to Muskan from Charkhi Dadri, Sachin from Kaithal, Sanju from Palwal, Mandeep Kodan from Jhajjar and Sweta Rani from Bhiwani, scoring 494 marks.

The chairman said 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Class XII examination, out of whom 1,70,881passed and 32,361 got compartment. The pass percentage of students from rural areas has been 79.14%, while those from urban areas have 82.28%. Private school students did marginally better with 80.97% as compared to government school students, who scored a pass percentage of 79.78%.
BSEH secretary Rajiv Parshad said the senior secondary exam scheduled in March had to be deferred midway and then cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The students were evaluated on the basis of average marks for exams that could be held. If a candidate is not satisfied with the result, he can improve partial marks in the upcoming board examination, for which two opportunities will be allowed, he said.