Girls outshine boys in PSEB Class VIII, X
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 17
The Punjab School Education Board, Mohali, today announced the results of Class VIII and X. The results have been prepared on the basis of continuous comprehensive evaluation as the examinations for both the classes were cancelled owing to the second wave of Covid.
District Education Officer (secondary) Satinder Bir Singh said 3,21,384 students from the district had appeared for Class X examination in the state, out of which, 3,21,163 students have passed. Similarly, 3,07,272 students from the district were evaluated for Class VIII examination, out of which, 3,06,893 students passed. He added that in the announced results of Class X, the pass percentage of girls was 2 per cent higher than boys and the performance of rural students was better than that of urban schools. Similarly, in the Class VIII results, the pass percentage of girls has increased by 4 per cent while the pass percentage of students from rural and urban areas has been almost equal.
“It’s an achievement for us as most of the syllabus was covered through online classes,” said the official. When the state government had ordered closure of schools and colleges in March due to second Covid wave, the government schools were in the middle of conducting offline exams.
