Sixty two percent students passed annualclass 12th regular examination as Jammu and Kashmir State Board of SchoolEducation (JKBOSE) declared results on Friday.
A press statement issued by JKBOSE saidthat for the annual session 2019, a total of 38964 students were enrolled forthe class 12th examination, out of which 24045 (62%) passed the examination.
“The pass percentage of boys is 57%while the pass percentage of girls is 67%. The overall pass percentage ofstudents who appeared in the examination through government school remained55.7% where the pass percentage of private school remained 73.07%,” said thestatement.
The press statement also said that 6314students passed with distinction, 10473 with first division, 6598 with seconddivision, 660 with third division while 13415 students were declaredre-appeared and 1504 failed in the examination.
“67 students were absent whileeligibility of 1053 students was disputed, 2 were disqualified and examinationof 17 others was cancelled,” it said.
Meanwhile, with first topper in all thestreams from Jammu district, total 75 students bagged the positions.
In science stream, 33 students baggedpositions. Ankit Bargotra son of Tarsaim Kumar and Anita Devi from GovernmentSRML Higher Secondary School, Parade Ground, Jammu and Rahul Taak son of RajeshKumar and Dimple Rani from Little Angels Higher Secondary School, Kathua sharedthe first position in science stream with 98% marks while threestudents-Nitish Verma son of Kamal Lal and Anita Kumar from Shiksha NiketanHigher Secondary School, Jeevan Nagar, Jammu Prerna Heera daughter of RajinderPrashad Heera and Neelam Heera from Oriental Academy, Afghan Mohalla, Jammu and Urshila Bhat daughter of Yoginder Bhat and Urmila Khar of Coventry ScholarsHigher Secondary School, Chinnore, Jammu-shared the second position with 97.8% marks and two students-Abhinandan Khajuria son of Romesh Chander Khajuriaand Kamlesh from Infant Jesus Higher Secondary School, Hiranagar, Kathua andVarun son of Dev Raj and Shyama Devi from SP Higher Secondary School, ExchangeRoad, Jammu-jointly shared the third position with 97.6% marks.
In Commerce stream, total 23 studentsbagged the positions. Rahat Gupta daughter of Rajesh Gupta and Sheetal from SPHigher Secondary School, Exchange Road, Jammu bagged the first position with97.4% marks while Vansh Gupta son of Ajay Gupta and Shama Gupta from MotherIndia Senior Secondary School, RS Pura, Jammu bagged the second position with97% marks and three students-Himanshu Kumar son of Subash Kumar and Radha Ranifrom Oriental Academy, Afghan Mohalla, Jammu, Rithik Gupta son of Sanjay Kumarand Sindhu from Government SRML HSS Parade Ground Jammu and Saksham Khajuriason of Kuldeep Khajuria and Shyama Khajuria from Shiksha Niketan HigherSecondary School, Jeevan Nagar, Jammu-jointly shared the third postion with 96%marks.
In Arts stream, total 16 students baggedthe positions. First position was jointly shared by Damini Sharma daughter ofRavi Sharma and Shashi Sethi from Shiksha Niketan Higher Secondary School,Jeevan Nagar, Jammu and Tanya Sharma daughter of Roop Lal Sharma and NeelamSharma from Shiksha Niketan Higher Secondary School, Jeevan Nagar, Jammu with97.8% marks, while Anmol Sharma daughter of Sanjeev Sharma and Monika Rani fromGovernment Girls Higher Secondary School, Bishnah bagged the second positionwith 97.4% marks and Guneet Kour daughter of Gurtaj Singh and Parul Raina fromSri Guru Gobind Singh Public HSS, Kunjwani, Jammu bagged the third psotion with97% marks.
In Home Sciencestream, three students bagged positions. Narayani Sharma daughter of ManojSharma and Pooja Sharma from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, MubarakMandi bagged 77.8% marks while Draqsha Naaz daughter of Nazir Ali and ShaguftaBegum from same school bagged 65% marks and Ashika Bhandari daughter of MunishBhandari and Priya Bhandari from same school bagged third position with 53.8%marks.