GSHSEB results out: Highest-ever pass percentage for Class XII general stream

Class XII science stream results, too, declared on Thursday, witnessed an overall pass percentage of 82.45 per cent, an increase of 16.87 percentage points from the 65.58 per cent recorded in March 2023. Among the 1,11,132 regular students who appeared for the exams, 91,625 passed.

In the science stream, girls recorded a pass percentage of 82.35 per cent, slightly lower than boys at 83.53 per cent. However, in the general stream, girls outshone boys – while girls recorded a pass percentage of 94.36, the figure for boys was 89.45 per cent.

GSHSEB officials cited the change in examination pattern as a major reason behind the show this year. “Earlier, each question used to come with two choices. But now, instead of specific choices for each question, candidates were given a general option,” GSHSEB Vice-Chairman Dinesh Patel told The Indian Express.

According to the change in the exam pattern announced in October 2023, candidates were given a general option to choose a few questions they wanted to answer from a list of questions. Earlier, each question used to come with two choices and all had to be attempted.

Further, another key modification included a hike of 10 per cent in objective questions, from 20 to 30 per cent. The share of descriptive questions declined from 30 to 20 per cent.

In the science stream, Morbi topped among districts with a pass percentage of 92.8. Chhota Udepur, at 51.36, recorded the lowest pass percentage. Similarly, in the general stream, Botad district, with 96.4, recorded the highest pass percentage while Junagadh, at 84.81, came last among the 33 districts.

However, among the Class XII general stream repeat candidates, only 49.34 per cent passed. For the science stream, the figure was 32.95 per cent. Further, the Gujarat State Open School (GSOS) exams saw a pass percentage of 54.98.

At Khavda examination centre in Kutch, which recorded the lowest pass percentage, 46 among the 90 general stream students who sat for the exams at the centre, qualified.

In the general stream, among the different mediums of instructions, Urdu medium schools topped Class XII general stream with 97.62 per cent, followed by Marathi medium (94.07 per cent), English (92.8 per cent), Gujarati (91.98 per cent) and Hindi (85.84 per cent).

All subjects recorded a pass percentage of above 90 in the general stream. English (first language) recorded the highest pass percentage of 99.67, followed by Hindi (second language) at 99.46 and Sociology at 99.3. Computer Science recorded the lowest pass percentage of 90.95 per cent.

However, in the science stream, among different mediums, Gujarati medium students scored the highest pass percentage of 82.94 per cent, followed by English medium at 81.92 per cent. The lowest was recorded by Hindi medium schools at 66.59 per cent.

Further, general stream students secured 100 per cent in languages, including Gujarati and Hindi – both first and second language – and Urdu. On the other hand, science stream students recorded the lowest pass percentage in Physics (83.17).