The government schools of State did better than last year in class X and class XII board examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Board for Secondary Education as the results were declared on Monday.
The results for high school and higher secondary school were announced at CM Residence by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. This was followed with the felicitation of meritorious students by Shivraj Singh Chauhan.
On the occasion, Minister of School Education Kunwar Vijay Shah, State Minister for Technical Education and Skill Development Deepak Joshi and Secretary of School Education Department Deepti Gaur Mukherjee were also present. Students along with their parents were also present.
The Board had successfully conducted the examinations for this academic year in the months of March and April 2018. There is an increase of 16 % in the class X results this year compared to last year. This year’s results of both class X and class XII are the best since 2011.
According to some educationalists the reason for the better results this year could be the inclusion of the marks of the best five subjects that were attempted by students. Whatever the merits or demerits of this step, there is no denying the fact that it has brought joy to hundreds of students and their parents.
In class X a total of 8, 19, 929 regular and 2, 83, 923 private students took the examination in which 69.34 % girl students passed in the exams whereas the figure for boys stood at 64.09%.
In Class XII 5, 95,505 regular students appeared in the examination and 1, 48, 568 students appear under private category. Besides, for class XII the passing percentage of girls was 79% and for boys it was 64.39%.
The MPBSE also announced the results of blind and deaf-mute students who took the high school and higher secondary examination.
Pass percentage of students in this category for class X was 74.80% with 72.71 % boys and 78.26% girls passed the exam. For class XII, 85.12 % students passed the exams with 86.79% girls passing in the exams, whereas the figure for boys stood at 84.44%.