Class 10thresult:19 among 13 girls secure max marks

Nineteen students scored maximum marks in the class 10 exam conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) in the valley, according to the results declared on Wednesday.
Over 78 per cent of the 72,684 candidates cleared the exam.

Of the 19 students who got 500 out of 500 marks, 13 were girls, officials here said.
Girls registered 78.74 per cent pass rate, against boys’ 78.14 per cent.
While over 90 per cent students from private schools passed the examination, the pass percentage in government schools was lesser at 67 per cent.

The class 10 board examinations were held last year over November and December.
BOSE said that a total of 72,684 candidates were enrolled for the exams in which 57,007 successfully qualified it while 15,638 candidates failed to qualify the 10th class examination.

Stating the overall performance of the candidates, BOSE said that of total candidates appeared in the examination, 8139 registered Grade-A1 followed by 11,077 candidates with Grade-A2, 12,429 students recorded Grade-B1, 13,079 with Grade-B2, 10,131 got Grade-C1, 2137 students recorded Grade-C2 and 17 students have registered Grade-D.

It also said that in the exams, dispute eligibility was found in one student enrolled for the exams, two students were caught with unfair means, five students were disqualified for one year, examination was cancelled of 30 students and subject was cancelled of 118 students.

According to the BOSE figures, at least 19 students who had appeared for the exams have secured 100 percent marks each followed by 24 students with 99 percent marks and 44 students had qualified the exams with 498 marks each