The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) announced the results of high school (Class X) and higher secondary (class XII) examinations on Thursday.
Girls outperformed boys in higher secondary exam results with 69.49 per cent girls passing in the exams whereas the figure for boys standing at 63.31 per cent. Overall pass percentage was 65.88 per cent.In high school exams, boys marginally stole the march with 47.89 per cent boys clearing the exams as against 47.56 girls making through. Overall pass percentage was 47.74 per cent.
Of the total 10,77,725 students 8,49,888 regular and 2,27,837 private students, who appeared in the high school examination, 4,39,559 passed. Of them, 1,84,141 students secured first division.Of the total 6,59,346 students 5,14,817 regular and 1,45,159 private students, who appeared in the higher secondary examination, 3,82,243 passed. Of them, 1,79,585 students secured first division.Hoshangabad’s Priyusha Parsai topped the merit list in high school examination with 594 out of 600 marks. likewise, Shajapur’s Om Prakash secured top place in higher secondary exam with 474 out of 500 marks.
On the occasion of declaring results Minister of School Education Paras Jain said that strict action would be taken against those involved in the ‘mass cheating’ and steps to curb any kind of unfair means during examinations would be ensured. He expressed satisfaction on the results and said that necessary steps to improve education level would be taken so that the students would cope up with the higher education and stiff competition.