PSEB CLASS XII: With pass percentage of 93.86, Jalandhar beats Ludhiana, Amritsar

Avneet Kaur

Jalandhar, July 21

The district Education Department officials are elated over the district’s performance in the Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) Class XII exams, the results of which were declared here on Tuesday.

The pass percentage of students of government schools in the district was much better than those of Ludhiana and Amritsar schools. Not only this, as compared to last year, it even improved on its own performance.

The pass percentage of students in Jalandhar stands at 93.86, while Ludhiana and Amritsar have recorded 89.99 and 92.22 pass percentage, respectively.

As many as 19, 608 students appeared for the Class XII exams (all four streams – medical, non-medical, humanities and commerce) in the district, of which 18,404 students have successfully passed by scoring respectable grades.

As per the statistics received from the PSEB, the pass percentage of government schools in the state stands at 94.32 per cent as against the 88.14 pass percentage last year. The pass percentage of associated schools is 87.04 per cent, affiliated schools 91.84 per cent and that of government-aided schools is 91.03.

Divulging details about the criterion on which the results were prepared this year since a few exams were not held due to Covid-19 induced lockdown, Education Secretary Krishan Kumar said the result have been prepared as per the average taken on the basis of marks scored by students in the best of three or best of two papers attempted by them. “Following the CBSE’s pattern, the PSEB, too, has not prepared a merit list this year,” he said.

He said the stream-wise pass percentage of regular students was 91.05 per cent in commerce, 92.87 per cent in humanities, 94.82 per cent in science (93.80 per cent in medical and 95.36 per cent in non-medical) and 88.81 per cent in vocational stream.

Ropar district topped in the state by achieving 96.93 pass percentage. Faridkot and Ferozepur districts with a pass percentage of 96.61 and 95.68,respectively, have been placed at the second and third place. While Jalandhar bagged the ninth spot in the state list, Amritsar and Ludhiana stand at the 15th and 20th positions, respectively.

Government schools outscore private ones, again

• Government schools outscored private schools for the second time consecutively. Government schools scored 94.32% as against 91.84% of affiliated schools and 87.04% of associated schools
• Pass percentage of rural areas is better at 93.39 per cent as compared to urban areas at 91.96 per cent
• Performance of girls better than that of boys
• Last year’s pass percentage was 86.41 per cent
• Overall pass percentage of all students this year, including government and private schools taken together as well that of open candidates, is 90.98 per cent

District-wise pass percentage

Kapurthala sets the bar high

Setting the bar high, government schools in Kapurthala secured 93.96 pass percentage, the highest in the Doaba region. As many as 7,837 students appeared for Class XII exams in Kapurthala, of which 7,364 passed. The district stands at the seventh position in the state list after Shri Mukstar Sahib.

Hoshiarpur fares well too!

Government schools in Hoshiarpur district secured 93.80 pass percentage. As many as 17,341 students appeared from the district, of which 16,266 passed the examination.

Nawanshahr not far behind

Government schools in Nawanshahr district secured 92.83 pass percentage. A total of 6,051 students appeared from the district in Class XII exams and 5,617 of them passed successfully. Nawanshahr DEO (Secondary) Sushil Kumar Tuli and Deputy DEO, Amrik Singh, while appreciating the school heads and teachers for the excellent results, said the hard work put in by teachers has paid off. “Teachers braved extreme cold to take extra classes before the actual school timings. They took extra classes even on Sundays and holidays,” he said.