UP: Girls outshine boys by over 12%

PRAYAGRAJ: Girls continue to outshine boys in high school and intermediate examinations, results of which were announced by the authorities of Madhyamik Siksha Board (UP Board) on Saturday.
While class 12 district topper Pranjal Singh of Koraon with 96% marks stood second in the state, Naman and Shrishti of class 10 topped the district with 94.17% marks each.
The overall merit position of the district in intermediate exams was 68.A total of 1,00,447 students had registered for the intermediate exams, including 56,572 boys and 43,875 girls. Out of these, 98,054 (55218 boys and 42836 girls) appeared in the exams.
Out of the total number of students who appeared, 64,147 students cleared the exams (65.42%). Students who passed included 33,120 (59.98%) boys and 31027 (72.43%) girls. Thereby, girls outshone boys by over 12%.
In class 10 UP board exams, the district stood at 46th position among the 75 districts of the state. A total of 1,08,990 students had registered for the high school exams, including 58,869 boys and 50,121 girls. Out of these, 98,831 (52154 boys and 46677 girls) appeared in the exams.
A total of 81,770 students cleared the exams (82.74%), of which 41711(79.98%) were boys and 40059 (85.82%) were girls. Around 6 % more girls cleared class 10th exams as compared to boys, as per the overall result of Prayagraj district.
UP board high school exams had ended on March 3 while intermediate exams ended on March 6, after which evaluation of answer sheets commenced at 275 evaluation centres in the state on March 16. However, the evaluation, which was scheduled to be completed by March 26, was stopped on March 18 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Comparision of class 12 pass percentage between neighbouring districts showed Prayagraj stood 68th, Chitrakoot stood 9th with overall pass percentage of 85.52%, Pratapgrah was 59th with 72.25%, Mirzapur was 60th with 71.71% and Kaushambi stood 72nd with 58.94%.
In terms of class 10th results, Prayagraj stood 46th while Pratapgrah was 36th (84.65%), Kaushambi was 45th (83.08%), Chitrakoot was 65th (78.72%) and Mirzapur stood 74th (74.84%).