The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) declared its Class 10 exam results on Monday in which 65.18 per cent students passed, marking an improvement from the 60.64 per cent recorded in March 2020. The board conducted exams this year after a gap due to the Covid-19 pandemic as students were mass promoted in March 2021. Of the 7,72,772 regular students who appeared for the Class 10 examinations conducted in March-April, 5,03,726 passed. This time again, girls outshined boys by a margin of 11.74 per cent. The pass percentage of girls was 71.66, while that of boys was 59.92 per cent. A total of 907 copying cases were reported during the exams, while results of another 255 candidates were held back due to technical reasons. Among different grades, the highest number of students,1,37,657, secured C1 grade (51-60 marks) followed by B2 grade (61-70 marks) secured by 1,30,097 students. A total of 294 schools across the state secured 100 per cent results, marginally higher than the results in 2020 when 291 schools had secured 100 per cent results. 🚨 Limited Time Offer | Express Premium with ad-lite for just Rs 2/ day 👉🏽 Click here to subscribe 🚨 However, schools with zero per cent results declined from 174 to 121 this year. Among the districts, Surat topped with an overall pass percentage of 75.64 per cent while Patan recorded the lowest at 54.29 per cent. Among examination centres, Rupavati in Rajkot district topped with 94.80 per cent while Ruvabari Muvada in Dahod district recorded the lowest of 19.17 per cent. Basic Mathematics turned out to be the hard nut to crack for students as the subject scored the lowest pass percentage of 69.53 per cent followed by science and technology with 71.71 per cent. This year, students were offered two options in Mathematics-Basic and Standard. Standard Maths clocked in a pass percentage of 92.63 per cent with 1,435 students scoring 100. Students appearing for board exams from Oriya medium secured the highest pass percentage of 81.82 per cent followed by English medium at 81.50 per cent. While Urdu medium result was the lowest at 50.93 per cent. Pass percentage of Gujarati and Hindi medium students was almost same at 63 per cent.
