Srinagar, January 07 (KNO) : As the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education declared the class 12th this evening, the students of the government schools have again come out with flying colors in higher secondary Part-II examinations in Kashmir division, bagging top positions.
Displaying extraordinary performance in Arts stream, the students of government-run educational institutions have walked away with first 5 positions scoring between 98.6% and 98% marks.
Hadia Noor of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh has topped the merit list in Arts with 493 out of 500, Tanzeela Hassan of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh has scored 492/500, TowseefShafi of Government Higher Secondary School, Srigufwara, Anantnag has scored 491/500, ZairaShafi of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh has scored 491/500 and Irtiza Jan of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Amira Kadal has scored 490/500.
In Science stream as well, the students of government-run schools 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th rank scoring between 98.6% and 98% marks. In science stream Wafeeqa Qazi of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Amira Kadal has scored 493/500, Yusra Shabir of Government Higher Secondary School, Kanir, Chadoora has scored 491/500, Iqra Khan of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh has scored 490/500, Sana Sangeen of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Soura has scored 490/500 and Mehraj-ud-Din Shah of Government Higher Secondary School, Drugmulla, Kupwara has scored 488/500.
In Commerce stream, students of government-run schools have bagged the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th rank scoring between 97.6% and 96.2% marks.
In commerce stream Bisma Jan of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Zadibal has scored 488/500, Alia Ali of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Anantnag has scored 486/500, Sheikh Faizan Farooq of SP Higher Secondary School, MA Road, Srinagar has scored 482/500 and Abeena Zahoor of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Nawakadal has scored 481/500.
The overall pass percentage of 12th class this year according to JKBOSE is 52% with 69969 students having appeared in the said examinations.
Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Secretary School Education, A K Sahu and Director School Education Kashmir, Dr G N Itoo while felicitating the students of government schools for their extraordinary performance have hailed the teachers for their earnest efforts in impressively improving the standards of education in the government institutions.(KNO)