Girls have outperformed boys in the senior secondary examinations conducted by the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH), the results for which were declared on Wednesday.
The girls have recorded pass percentage of 70.22 while the pass percentage of boys stood at 55.79 per cent. The total pass percentage in XIIth was recorded at 62.40 per cent.
The students have fared better than last year when 53.96 per cent regular candidates and 37.86 per cent private candidates had passed the examination. This year, the pass percentage of regular students is 62.40 per cent while the private candidates is 54.22 per cent.
The pass percentage of students in rural areas was higher as compared to that of urban areas in Haryana. While students in rural areas recorded 64.67 pass percentage, the urban students scored 58.79 pass percentage.
Apart from this, the pass percentage of Government schools was registered at 62.23, Government-aided schools stood at high pass percentage of 66.17 and private schools recorded 62 per cent.
Among districts, Sonepat stood high in the tally by achieving 77.52 pass percentage followed by Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma’s constituency Mohindergarh which recorded 72.52 pass percentage in Class XII. Faridabad district performed worst registering pass percentage of only 43.91 percent followed by Mewat at 49.91 percent while Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar’s constituency Karnal registered pass percentage of 61.32 in the senior secondary exams.
A total of 2,44,877 candidates had appeared for the examination, out of which 1,52,815 had passed. As many as 1,36,748 boys had appeared in the examination in March, of which 76,296 had passed and 76,519 of the 1,08,129 girls who had appeared in the examination had passed.
69.88 pass percentage was recorded in Science stream, 59.90 percent in Arts and 59.45 percent students in Commerce stream managed to pass the XII examination.
Congratulating the principals and teachers for the results, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma while talking to the mediapersons said that the Principals and Headmasters of Government schools which have recorded an excellent performance in Board Examinations would be felicitated.
Apart from this, teachers of subjects in which students have scored better would also be awarded, said he.
Expressing happiness over the results, the Minister said that the pass percentage of the class XII examinations was 8.44 per cent more than that of last year.
Sharma added that with a margin of 14.98 per cent, 70.77 per cent girls passed the examination as compared to 55.79 per cent boys.
According to the BSEH, the results have been made available on the Board’s official websitewww.bseh.org.in. The results of senior secondary (private), re-appear, improvement, full improvement and additional examination have also been made available on the website.
The students could also access their result on the mobile application prepared by the Board. This application could be downloaded from the Google Play store after searching for the keywords ‘Education Board Bhiwani Haryana’.
The Education Minister said that those students who wish to get their answer sheets re-checked or revaluated may apply online within 20 days of declaration of the result.
He added that on the basis of the result of this examination, private candidates may submit their online applications for the senior secondary September-2016 examination by depositing Rs 700 between May 25 and June 13.