Tarn Taran tops Punjab in Class V exams

Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 24

With 99.95 pass percentage, Tarn Taran district topped in Punjab in the Class V exams held in March, the results of which were declared by the Punjab School Education Board on Monday.

SBS Nagar remained at the second spot with 99.94 pass percentage while Pathankot district bagged the third place with 99.92 pass percentage. A total of 3,14,472 students had appeared in the paper and of these, 3,13,712 cleared the exams, getting an overall pass percentage of 99.76 per cent.

The results will be uploaded on PSEB website www.pseb.ac.in and on www.indiaresults.com on Tuesday after 9 am.

Of the total six papers, the exams for four papers were held in March while two exams — maths and welcome life — were not held due to a surge in Covid cases. The marks in the two subjects were calculated on the average of four subjects. The girls outshone boys with a pass percentage of 99.80 while the boys got 99.73 per cent marks.