Assam Board Declares Class 12 Results: Science Rebounds Strongly After Last Year’s Drop

Assam Class 12 board results announced on Tuesday showed a five-percentage-point rise in the Science pass rate, while Arts and Commerce recorded slight declines.Science improved from 84.88% last year to 89.79%. Commerce slipped from 82.18% in 2025 to 81.13%, and Arts fell from 81.03% to 79.54%. In the vocational stream, 74.19% of students passed.The Assam State School Education Board did not release a list of rank holders. More than 3.3 lakh candidates—the highest ever—appeared for the February–March examinations.Last year, pass percentages fell across all three major streams by 5–7%. Despite the higher turnout this year, officials said the overall performance was satisfactory, particularly in Science. In 2025, Science had dropped from 89.88% in 2024 to 84.88%, Commerce from 87.66% to 82.18%, and Arts from 88.36% to 81.03%.Arts was the top choice among girls, while most of the boys preferred Commerce, Science, and Vocational streams. But across all four streams, girls achieved higher pass percentages than boys.The gap was widest in Arts and Vocational: 81.96% of girls passed in Arts versus 76.10% of boys, and 76.74% of girls passed in Vocational versus 72.42% of boys.In Science, girls recorded a 90.80% pass rate compared with 89% for boys. In Commerce, 82.67% of girls passed versus 80.45% of boys.Arts had the highest turnout, with 2,41,124 candidates—1,41,534 girls and 99,589 boys. Commerce had 19,469 candidates—5,945 girls and 13,524 boys. Science had 60,667 candidates—26,474 girls and 34,193 boys. Vocational had 1,465 candidates—602 girls and 863 boys.