Over 1L students clear madrassa board exams

Lucknow: Over 84% of students who appeared for UP Madrassa Education Board (UPMEB) examinations 2023, were declared passed, in the results declared on Thursday.Last year, 81 % of students had cleared the exam. A total of 1.69 lakh students had appeared for Munshi/Maulvi (higher secondary), Alim (senior secondary), Kamil (undergraduate) and Fazil (postgraduate) courses in 2023 at 539 examination centres.According to UPMEB, a total of 1.09 lakh (84.48 percent) students cleared the madrassa board exam. Among those who cleared the exam, 54,481 were male students (98.54%) and 55,046 (87.22%) were female students.Further, out of 1.01 lakh students who appeared for the Munshi/Maulvi exam, a total of 70,687 (79.21%) cleared, while 23,888 (88.58%) Alim students out of 29,496 cleared the exam.Similarly, out of 8,120 candidates who appeared for Kamil 7,513 (91.2%) cleared, while 4,129 (95.31%) out of 4,420 Fazil students passed the exam. The UPMEB informed that Mohammad Nazil from Bhadohi district stood first for the Munshi/Maulvi (Arabic/Persian) examination, while Chandni Bano from Farrukhabad topped Alim exam. For Kamil, Rukayya Baby from Varanasi topped the board exam, while for Fazil course Farha Naaz from Kanpur stood first.