Himachal Pradesh board declares Class XII results

Lalit Mohan

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, July 14

Pushpender, a science student of Ambition Classes Senior Secondary School, Kullu, has topped the Class XII examinations, the results of which were declared by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBSE) here today. Pushpender is the only student to have scored 100 per cent marks, while 31 students have scored more than 99 per cent marks.

Board Chairman SK Soni said that the pass percentage was 92.77. The complete merit list was not declared, as some students had moved the Himachal High Court saying that they want to take the examinations physically and till then the merit list should not be declared.

Asked why some students were not declared pass, the Chairman said that the government had decided not to promote all Class XII students. So, the students, who did not get 33 per cent marks, had been declared as fail, he added.

Soni said that due to Covid only the English paper could be held. All stakeholders were taken into confidence and an objective criteria was adopted to evaluate all Class XII students.

There were 100,799 students enrolled in Class XII, including 76,996 in government schools and 14,352 enrolled in private schools. The pass percentage this year is much higher than the previous years when the examinations were held. In 2019, the pass percentage was 62.1 while in 2020, it was 76.07.

Soni said that the students, who are not satisfied with the results, would be given an opportunity in August and September to improve their marks. The merit list would be prepared only after that, he added.