57.50 pc students pass PSEB 10th exam

Over 57 per cent students of class 10 passed the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) exams, the results of which were declared on Monday.

The girls outshone boys in the exam with a pass percentage of 63.97 per cent as against boys’ pass percentage of 52.35 per cent, as per the PSEB result. A total of 3.30 lakh students had appeared in the class 10 exams, of which 1.90 lakh students passed the exam while 45,734 students failed and 94,271 students got re-appear.

The PSEB on Monday declared the result of class 10 examination with overall pass percentage of 57.50, said an official spokesman. In 2015 and 2016, the pass percentage was 48.22 and 53.78 per cent, respectively.

The Gurdaspur district recorded the highest pass percentage of 86.97 per cent in the state, while Sangrur’s pass percentage was the lowest at 42.85 per cent, as per the results. The pass percentage of urban and rural students was 57.93 and 57.28 per cent respectively, while the pass percentage of government schools was 52.80 per cent.

Shruti Vohra, student of DAV public senior secondary school in Rup Nagar district, topped the state exams with 98.77 per cent marks.

The second position was bagged by Amit Yadav, student …read more