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SRINAGAR:As the long-awaited twelfth class results were finally declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on January 22, the girls have outshined the boys. Of the 12 toppers, there are only two boys.
The results were released around 12 noon. In the absence of the internet facility, the results came in the older gazette format. However, the gazette was a pdf that went viral from one pen driver to another. Some of the students rang up their relatives outside Kashmir to check their results online.
A total of 46599 students had appeared in the annual higher secondary part two examinations, of whom 35454 students passed. With just a small number of students unable to qualify for the examination, the pass percentage for the year 2019 was 76%.
According to data provided by the Board officials 10408 students are distinction holders, 15684 students have passed in First Division, 7756 had Second Division and 1606 students got third division. It said 10780 students have failed in one or more subjects and 365 have failed in all subjects, adding that that 55 students have not appeared in the examination and 207 students have disputed eligibility. The results of 128 students are withheld and examinations of eight students were cancelled. This time, yet again, the girls have outshined the boys bagging top positions. Surprisingly, in the home science stream, all the top ten positions were bagged by girls from different regions of Kashmir valley. Interestingly, all of them were from Government-run schools. Also, the arts stream has a total of sixteen toppers – all girls. Aijaz Ahmad Mir from HSS Satura is just one boy among a lot of arts toppers. Toppers of the faculty of science and commerce are from different schools both private and government.
The first position was shared by Humera Rashid from HSS Lasjan and Isha Bashir from Mallinson Girls’ school. The Kashmiri students, this season, faced an added anxiety due to the inaccessibility of results due to the internet clampdown. The results this year were checked mostly on gazettes. The PDFs of which were widely circulated all over the student community.
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