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SRINAGAR: Almost 99 per cent students appeared in the Matriculation examination which began in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) authorities, out of 56,623 students 56,219 students appeared in the examination.
Giving details, the BOSE authorities said that in Anantnag 98.64 per cent students appeared in the examination. Similarly in Budgam 99 per cent, in Bandipora 98.27 per cent, in Baramulla 98.57 per cent, in Ganderbal 99 per cent, in Kulgam 98.40 per cent, in Kupwara 99 per cent, in Pulwama 99 per cent, in Shopian 98 per cent and in Srinagar 99.88 per cent appeared in the examination.
Kashmir students gave befitting reply to terrorists: Javadekar
New Delhi: Students from Kashmir have given a befitting reply to terrorists as 95 per cent of them appeared for their class XII board examination in the state, which is in itself is a powerful “surgical strike”, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday.
“In Kashmir Valley, for the past several months, schools were shut, over 30 had been burnt. But students from J-K, Leh and Ladakh have given a befitting reply to terrorists with a presence of 95 per cent in the board exam held on Monday,” he said.
Emphasising that this was “India’s reply”, Javadekar said the country believed in education and progress and the message was that no design to break the country would succeed.
“I’m proud of those children and their parents who are the strength of India. Education is the way to progress. They have understood and given this befitting reply. We have seen the surgical strike of the army, but this reply given by students is also a powerful surgical strike,” he said.
Javadekar, who was speaking at an event ‘Kala Utsav’, said all should get a basic level of education that supports them in life but added that unique talents should be brought to the fore as well.
Later speaking on the sidelines of the event, he made it clear that compulsory class X board examinations will be introduced for CBSE students from the next academic session 2017-18.
“There is no confusion, today more than 23 million students appear for tenth board examination over the country through state boards. For CBSE also half the students appear for the exam, while half don’t appear because there was an option available,” Javadekar said.
Now those 2 million who chose the option will also have to take the exam, he said.
The measure, however, he emphasised will be implemented from the next academic year, saying goalposts or rules should not be shifted mid-course. The move will bring about parity with state boards, he said.
