8,184 pass Class XI board exam of winter zone

Vikas Sharma

Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 9

Of total 14,984 candidates appeared in the Higher Secondary Part-I (Class XI) annual board examination of winter zone of the Jammu Division, only 8,184 candidates have passed the examination the result of which was declared by the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) recently. As many as 1,052 candidates failed, whereas, 5,748 candidates are to re-appear.

The overall pass percentage stood at 55 per cent with girls outshining boys with 55 per cent. The pass percentage of boys was 54 per cent. The school education board in 2019 had decided to conduct the board examination on the pattern of Class X and XII after the reports of paper leak in a school had came to the fore. Earlier, the role of BOSE was to provide only question papers to the respective schools (both government and private) while the invigilating staff was from the respective schools.

However, former heads of educational institutes have welcomed the move of the school education board to conduct the examination by deputing its staff as superintendents/deputy superintendents at examination centres. “When there was home examination system in Class XI, not even a single candidate failed by the schools but now, half of the candidates are getting re-appear in the board examination. More than 1,000 students did not qualify the exam”, Kulbushan, former principal of a government school said.

In Jammu Division, the 3 districts-Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar completely fall under the winter zone while a few areas in the districts of Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua fall under the winter zone.