67.06 % result for Gujarat board Class 10 exam

Gandhinagar

67.06 % of the regular students who appeared for class 10 examination of Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) this year have passed the crucial exam, marking a 5.56 % better performance compared to last year.

However the performance of the repeat candidates and privately appeared or external ones has seen a substantial decrease in pass percentage as compared to last year.

Soon after the uploading of the results on the board website this morning, Examination Secretary B S Panchal said that 67.06 percent of the regular examinees, 20.56 % of the repeat examinees and only 8.16 % of the external candidates have passed this year. Last year the figure was 61.50, 32.85 and 16.4 respectively.

Total 1081356 students (680760 boys and 400596 girls) of which 863900 were regular ones, had appeared in the examination, Mr Panchal said adding that the pass percentage of girls is 72. 11 and that for boys is 63.62 %. It was 61.53% and 50.17%. respectively last year.

88.84 % of the English medium, 68.01 % of Hindi medium and 52.54% of Gujarati medium students have passed the exam which was held from March 8 to 17 this year.

He said that Surat has emerged as the best performing district with maximum 71.77% result while Narmada with mere 32.56% has ranked last on the ladder.

Mr. Panchal said that 3113 students passed with A1 grade while 23749 have got A2 grade.

Among other prominet districts Ahmedabad has pass percentage of 62.72, Rajkot 66.22,Vadodara 53.01, Jamnagar 57.99 and Junagadh 67.25, he said.

The result and other related information has been put on the website. The result booklet or the mark sheet can also be seen online. Its hard copy would however be distributed from May 26 at the distribution centers in various districts, he said.

Last year the GSEB SSC Result was declared in June. 10.46 lakh students had appeared for the examination.

-DeshGujarat