Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 11: Over 61 percent students were declared successful today in the results of 12th class examinations held last year by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) and the girls outshined the boys.
A BOSE official said that a total number of 55163 students including 29331 boys and 25823 girls had appeared in the examinations held last year. Out of which 16612 girls and 17281 boys have qualified.
They said that 4040 students including 2522 boys and 1518 girls have failed to clear the examination. However, 9528 boys and 7702 girls have to re-appear for the examination.
The overall pass percentage of girls is 64.31 while as boys registered a total of 58.92 pass percentage.
In science faculty, as many 41 students bagged top 10 positions and first position was secured by Mustashimi Rafiqi of Burn Hall Sonwar Srinagar, scoring 494 (98.8%) marks. Faheem Rashid, another student of Burn Hall School, got second position with 98.2% marks while Sabiya Syeed, a student of SRM Wilkin Sopore got third position with 98% marks.
In faculty of Arts, Durhanah Massodi of Govt (Girls) Hr Secondary school Baramulla got first position with 487 marks (97.4%), Munazah Shafi of Govt Girls Hr Sec School Kothibagh secured send position (96.8%) while Madeeha Khan of Green Valley Educational Institute Srinagar got third position with 96.6% marks.
In Home Science, Iqra Rashid of Govt Girls Hr Sec School Kothibagh got first position with 480 marks (96%) while second position was bagged by Aazima Noorie of Govt(Girls) Hr Sec school Anantnag with93% while Fiza Jan of Govt(Girls) Hr Sec school Anantnag figured in the merit list at 3rd slot with 443 marks (88.6%).
In Commerce stream, 11 students shared first position with 485 (97%) marks and they include Arfeen Nazir of Islamia Higher Secondary School Rajouri Kadal, Farisa Abdul Rahid, Mehreen Hilal, both from Green Valley Educational Institute, Sehrish Nafiz, Tabish Noor, Zaira Bashir, all from Nawa kadal Srinagar and Arafat Bakhtoo of Kashmir Harvard Institute Habak Naseembagh Srinagar.
Green Valley’s Seeba Malik with 96.6% got second position while three students with 95.8% marks secured third position and they include Nisha Jan of Government Girls Higher Secondary Anantnag. Shifa Hanief Sheikh of Govt Hr. Sec Amira kadal and Tabish Qadir of Govt. (Girls) Hr. Sec School Budgam.
Also, 31 out of 45 physically disabled students who appeared in the exams passed and they included 32 males and 13 females. Of them, 31 were declared successful and four of them with distinction, five first division and seven second division.
In the meantime, people of Dardpora area of Kupwara District today protested against the Education Department as only one student out of 44 students qualified the 10th class examination.
Locals including parents of students held protest in the premises of Government High school Dardpora Lolab against the education department and school staff.
Protesters raised anti Government and anti CEO Kupwara slogans over the performance of students.
Last year 52 student’s appeared in annual exams and only 3 students qualified the exam and this year only a single student qualified.
High school Dardpora is already functioning without a permanent principal, Additional charge is given to Zonal Educational Programming Officer (ZEPO). “We will lock down the school if necessary action is not taken against the staff”, they said.
Sarpanch Abdul Gafoor said that locals of the area have been deployed in the school who don’t timely attend the school and don’t even bother regarding the annual or mid-term performance of students.
Incharge Principal who also holds post of Zonal Educational Reprogramming Officer (ZEPO) of the area said: “I have additional charge of 4 schools including High school Dardpora among which 2 schools have satisfactory result excluding High school Dardpora.”
“We are collecting the data and higher-ups will take necessary action into this matter”, he said.
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