Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha also known as UP Board announced the results of both Intermediate (12th) and High School (10th) on Tuesday in Prayagraj.
The percentage of students who pass their 10th is 89.78 percent whereas 75.52 percent of students passed their 12th board exams. This year, there was a decrease of 9.81 percentage points in the passing rate for the intermediate exams as in the previous year the pass percentage for intermediate was 85.33 percent. In addition to that, the pass percentage of 10th board exams has increased by 1.6 percentage points, the previous year it was 88.18 percent.
The girls have made their names at the top of the results. Priyanshi Soni, a student from Sitapur of Sita Bal Vidya Mandir Inter College has topped her high school exam with a score of 590 out of 600 scoring 98.33 percent while the intermediate boards have been topped by Shubh Chhapra, a student from the Mahoba district of Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College secured 498 out of 500 scoring 97.80 percent.
In the high school results, the overall pass percentage of boys is 86.64 percent while for girls it is 93.34 percent. Girls outshined boys in terms of pass percentage by 6.7 percentage points.
In the intermediate results, the overall pass percentage for boys is 69.34 while it is 83 percent for girls. In the 12th also, girls outperformed boys by 13.66 percentage points.
