90% State students pass CBSE Class XII exams

Students of the state excelled with a pass percentage of 90 per cent in the Class XII examination-2017, the results of which were declared by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) today.
However, it witnessed a slight decline of 2 per cent in the pass percentage this year as compared to last year (92 per cent).
The Jammu region also fared well in the board exams. Mustan Tyagi of Jodhamal Public School, Sainik Colony, topped the science stream (medical and non-medical) in the Jammu region with 98 per cent marks while Shivani Matyal of JK Public School, Kunjwani, and Prajwal Brawl of Army Public School, Akhnoor, managed to score 96.6 per cent and 96 per cent marks, respectively. Meanwhile, Prateek Labroo of KC International School secured full marks in physics.
In commerce, Ayush Kohli of Jodhamal Public School topped with secured 96.7 per cent marks while Mahima Sharma of JK Public School and Mohit of Army Public School, Akhnoor, scored 96.4 per cent and 95 per cent marks, respectively.
Meanwhile, in arts stream, Bhanu Pratap Singh of APS, Akhnoor, emerged as the topper with 88.6 per cent marks.
KCS Mehta, principal of Army Public School, Akhnoor, and former president of Jammu Sahodaya School Complex (JSSC), an apex body of CBSE schools in J&K, told Kashmir Post : “In all, 14 students of Army Public School, Akhnoor, have scored 100 per cent marks in fine arts while 14 students secured above 90 per cent marks.”
Principal of JK Public School, Kunjwani, SK Singh was all praise for the teaching fraternity of the school. A total of 36 students of the school scored above 90 per cent marks.
“Our students are making strides with improvement in results every year. In fact, this year’s result is much better than the last year and all credit for this goes to the school staff,” SK Singh told Kashmir Post on phone.
“The overall pass percentage at the national level is 82 per cent. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country have topped with the pass percentage of 85 per cent followed by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) with 82 per cent. As far as private CBSE schools are concerned, the pass percentage is 75.9 per cent,” he said.
“Similarly, KVs and Navodaya Vidyalayas in Jammu have also done well as their students managed to secure high ranks. Meanwhile, the private CBSE schools in the winter capital have also reasonably done well as compared to other states,” SK Singh added.
Meanwhile, the results got delayed after the Delhi High Court directive on the moderation policy, which the school board struck down this year. The CBSE was directedby the High Court to continue with it for at least this year. The moderation policy refers to a practice where students are given extra marks in subjects regarded as unusually difficult, or when there are variations in question paper sets.