UP board results out: Jalaun boy, Prayagraj girl top Class X, XII

Yash Pratap Singh of Late Smt Raskendri Devi Inter College in Jalaun was the top scorer in the class 10 exam, securing 97.83 per cent marks. A total of 55 students secured positions among the top 10 ranks in the high school examination.

In the intermediate examination, Mehak Jaiswal from Bacha Ram Yadav Inter College, in Prayagraj district, secured the top position with 97.20 per cent marks. Girls yet again outperformed boys.

In high school, the pass percentage of girls was 7.21 percentage points higher than boys. Out of the 13,27,024 boys who appeared for Class X exam, 11,49,984 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 86.66.

In comparison, 12,18,791 girls took the examination and 11,44,138 of them cleared the exam with a pass percentage of 93.87.

In class XII or intermediate, the pass percentage of girls was 9.77 percentage points more than boys.
Of the 13,87,263 boys who appeared for the Intermediate (class 12) examination, 10,62,616 students passed, achieving a pass percentage of 76.60.

On the other hand, 12,11,297 girls appeared for the class XII examination and a total of 10,46,158 girls passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 86.37.

Congratulating all the successful students, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wished them a bright future.
Mahendra Dev, Director, (Secondary Education) and UP Board Secretary Bhagwati Singh announced the High School and Intermediate exam results.

“Exams were conducted between February 24 and March 12. The UP Board conducted the exams across 8,140 centres in just 13 working days. The evaluation of answer sheets took place from March 19 to April 2 at 261 evaluation centres,” Dev said.

A total of 92,594 examiners were involved in evaluating High School papers, while 56,066 teachers were involved in checking the Intermediate papers, he added.

Jail inmates give impressive results: 182/199 clear Board exams

Out of the 199 prisoners lodged in UP jails, who took the UP board exams this year, an impressive 182 cleared the exams. In the High School exams, 94 inmates appeared, out of which 91 passed, achieving a pass percentage of 96.81 per cent.

In the Intermediate exams, 105 inmate candidates took part, and 91 of them passed, recording a pass percentage of 86.67 per cent.

Agra jail saw the highest participation with 17 prisoners appearing for the Intermediate (Class 12) exams, and all of them clearing it.

Similarly, all eight prisoners from the Lucknow jail who took the examination passed. Besides, all five prisoners from Rampur and all nine from Bareilly achieved success in the Intermediate exams.
In the High School examination, all 10 prisoners each from Ghaziabad and Varanasi jails passed. ENS

‘Didn’t take coaching, focused on what was taught in school’

Mehak Jaiswal, who secured the first position in the Uttar Pradesh Board Intermediate Examination this year, said on Friday that she achieved this success without taking any coaching classes.

A student of the Bacha Ram Yadav Inter College in Bhulai Ka Pura, Prayagraj, Jaiswal told reporters, “I studied entirely at home and did not take any offline or online coaching classes. I only focused on what was taught in school.” Sharing her study routine, she said, “I used to study for nine to 10 hours every day. My dream is to become a doctor. I give credit for my success to my elder sister, other family members and teachers. I had not expected to get the first rank in the state, but hoped to score above 95 per cent.”
“I had thought my name would appear among the top students in Uttar Pradesh, but was not expecting to secure the first position,” she added.

According to the results announced by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, a total of 30 students secured places in the top-10 list in the Intermediate examination. Jaiswal came first in the state with a score of 97.2 per cent.

(With PTI inputs)