Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 2: After the declaration of Class 10 and 12 results, the Board of School Education (BOSE) today announced the results of the Class 11 annual examinations, recording an overall pass percentage of 83 per cent across J&K.
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The results reflected a strong academic performance across both Kashmir and Jammu divisions, with girls outperforming boys in all major streams.
According to official data, 81,573 students appeared in the examinations across the Union Territory, of whom 67,932 passed.
As many as 13,032 students were placed in the reappear category, while 608 failed to qualify.
Of the total candidates, 37,997 students, 47 per cent, secured distinction by scoring 75 per cent and above.
Another 25,694 students, 31 per cent, achieved first division with 60 per cent and above, while 4,216 students, 5 per cent, secured second division. Only 25 students passed in the third division.
In the Kashmir division, 64,003 students appeared, of whom 53,670 qualified, resulting in a pass percentage of 84 per cent.
Around 32,890 students, accounting for 51.4 per cent of the total candidates, secured distinction, underlining Kashmir’s dominance in top-grade performance.
The reappear rate stood at 15.5 per cent, involving nearly 9,920 students, while the failure rate remained low at about 0.7 per cent.
Girls continued to outperform boys, registering a pass percentage of 86 per cent against 82 per cent for boys.
In the Jammu division, 17,570 students appeared and 14,262 passed, taking the overall pass percentage to 81 per cent.
The division recorded a significantly higher reappear rate of 18 per cent, affecting around 3,130 students, compared to Kashmir.
About 5,107 students, 29.1 per cent, secured distinction, while the failure rate stood at nearly 1 per cent.
In the Jammu division, girls registered an impressive 83 per cent pass rate, far higher than the 79 per cent recorded by boys.
Stream-wise, students across Science, Commerce and Arts recorded strong performances.
In the Science stream, Biology posted a 95 per cent pass rate, while Physics and Chemistry stood at 92 per cent each.
Commerce students also performed well, with Business Studies achieving a 96 per cent success rate and Accountancy 92 per cent.
In the Arts stream, Political Science recorded a 94 per cent pass rate, Education 96 per cent, and History 91 per cent.
Vocational subjects once again emerged as top performers, with several courses – including IT and ITeS, Healthcare, Tourism, Electronics, Security and Hospitality – registering exceptional pass percentages ranging between 98 and 100 per cent, underscoring the growing relevance of skill-based education.
Among individual subjects, Travel Tourism and Hotel Management, Applied Mathematics, Dogri, Punjabi, Public Administration and several vocational subjects achieved a perfect 100 per cent pass rate.
Sanskrit recorded the lowest success rate at 70 per cent, a fewer enrolment. General English, which had the highest enrolment with 81,547 candidates, achieved a commendable pass percentage of 94 per cent.
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