Girls did better than boys in Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Board for Secondary Education (MPBSE) as the results were declared on Monday.
Officials said the pass percentage of students in the Class 10 MP board exams was 66.54, the best in two decades, and that 69% girls cleared it against 64% boys. There were 94 girls and 87 boys on the merit list declared by the board.
This year, 16% more students were declared successful in the Class 10 exams as compared to last year when 49.9% of them cleared it. The reason for the better result could be the inclusion of the marks of the best of five subjects this year.
In Class 12, 68.08% students cleared the board exams and 62 girls and 41 boys found a place in the merit list. Last year, 67.8% students cleared the Class 12 board exams.
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that 23,000 students who scored 85% and above in the general category and 75% in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes category will be given laptops.
Nearly 19,00,000 students, including 700,000 Class 12 candidates and 11,00,000 Class 10 examinees, wrote the exams conducted by the board. The Class 12 board exam started from March 1 and ended on April 3 and Class 10 exams were held from March 5 to March 31.
A board official said the number of lines to the helpline number on which students can call have been increased. The board has also asked schools to organise parent-teacher meetings to help students cope with pressure after the results are declared, the official added.
