STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Thursday declared the result of Class 10 examinations, which were delayed last year due to unrest, with over 83 per cent of the 58,293 students qualifying for the next class. The JKBOSE, however, this time introduced the system of grades instead of the usual marks system in the papers.
30,070 boys and 28,223 girls appeared in the examinations of which 84.61 per cent boys and 81.45 per cent girls passed, JKBOSE chairman Zahoor Ahmad Chatt said here. He said of the successful candidates, 3413 secured A1 grades – 90 to 100 per cent marks, while as many as 7898 students secured A2 grade (80-89 per cent) and 9353 secured B1 grade (70-79 per cent).
The annual examinations to class 10 and 12 were held in November last year after being postponed due to the unrest which followed the killing of top militant of Hizbul Mujahideen Burhan Wani in an encounter with the security forces along with two of his associates on July 7.
The unrest, which claimed the lives of 86 persons and left thousands injured, forced closure of all educational institutions for months, forcing the government to announce mass promotion of the students of the classes one to nine and class 11.
However, the authorities announced 50 per cent relaxation in the question paper for the students appearing in class 10th and 12th examinations in the month of November, but such relaxation would not be available for those students who opted to write their exams in the month of March.
Chatt said the results for class 12th would be declared within a fortnight.
Meanwhile, National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah has congratulated the students who passed class tenth examination 2016, results of which were announced by the Board of School Education today.
“I congratulate the students and wish them success in all their future endeavours”, Omar Abdullah said, hoping that they will keep up their academic odyssey braving all odds. He also complimented the parents for success of their children.
