More than 50 per cent of the students in Haryana Open School Class X exam (October 2015) have failed.
The pass percentage of Class X is 40.59 per cent, while of Class XII is 56.75 per cent, said a spokesperson of Board of School Education, Haryana.
A total of 32,439 students appeared for the Class X exam (CTP/STC) in which only 13,166 managed to pass. The boys outperformed girls with 41.55 per cent pass percentage and girls registered passing percentage of 38.83 percentage. In the HOS exams.
In class X exam, out of 20,998 boys, 8,724 passed while out of 11,441 girls who gave exams, only 4,442 managed to pass, said the spokesperson.
In class XII exams (CTP/STC), a total of 26,653 students had appeared in which 15,125 passed. Out of 7,282 girls, only 4,360 passed (59.87 per cent) in the October exams while out of total 19,371 boys who had given the exams, 10,765 cleared it (55.57 per cent).
The Board had established Haryana Open School with an aim of providing education at the doorsteps, focusing on those individuals, who have not been able to enroll in the formal system or have dropped out due to some reason or the other especially females, rural youth and working people. Recently, a majority of students in class X and XII in the state had failed to pass the first semester examinations. The overall pass percentage in the first semester of secondary exam was only 35.24 %, whereas that of the senior secondary exam was 56.75%.
According to the Board, out of 3,31,225 students, who had appeared for the secondary exam(regular), only 1,16,728 passed and out of 2,47,877 students who took the senior secondary exam (regular), 1,40,662 passed the exam.