While nine out of 10 students (89.78%) cleared Class 10 exams of Uttar Pradesh Board this year, a marginal increase from last year's 88.18 pass percentage, only 75.52 per cent students passed the Class 12 examinations – a drastic drop from last year's 85.33 pass percentage. The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Council on Tuesday announced the results for both the Class X (High School) and Class XII (Intermediate) levels. The girls once again outshone the boys with their passing percentage touching 94% in Class X and 83% in Class XII. The passing percentage of boys, on the other hand, was 86.64% in Class X and a dismal 69.34% in Class XII – nearly 14 percentage points less than girls. “A total of 28.63 lakh students appeared for Class X examinations, while 25.71 lakh students appeared for Class XII. In Class X, the number of registered students was 31.16 lakh, while 27.68 lakh students were registered for the Class XII exam,” a note released by the UP Secondary Education Council stated. The exams were held between February 16 and March 4 this year. A government official said that “a new record has been set in declaring the results of the examinations within 67 days of the examinations”. The exams were conducted at 8,753 centres across the state with the government making elaborate arrangements to curb cheating. Two CCTV cameras, voice recorders and routers were installed in each room of the examination centre, which was monitored live at district-level control rooms through webcasting. Congratulating the students who passed the examination, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that he would felicitate the top ten scoring students of both Class X and XII. “All of you are the pillars of the golden future of new Uttar Pradesh. May the future of all of you be bright with the grace of Maa Saraswati (the goddess of learning). Students who got top 10 positions at the state level in the 10th and 12th board exams, will be honoured at the state level and those who get top 10 positions at the district level will be honoured at the district level," the CM tweeted in Hindi. Director (Secondary Education) Mahendra Dev said 179 students made it to the top 10 list in the High School exam this year, while a total of 253 students secured a place in the top 10 list of Intermediate level.
