Girls outshine boys in RBSE class XII science exam

AJMER: Girls continue to outshine boys in the Rajasthan Board of Secondary (RBSE) Class XII science exam declared on Wednesday. The girls attained a pass percentage of 94.90 while boys were behind with 90.61%.
This year’s biggest disappointment was that the overall pass percentage dipped from 92.88 last year to 91.96. This year the exams took place at the beginning of the epidemic giving additional stress to students.
The girls may have superseded in the pass percentage, but they are way behind in participation. Figures say out of 2.37 lakh students who appeared for the exam, 75,339 were girls.
State education minister Govind Singh Dotasra while declaring the result acknowledged the hard work of RBSE staff for completing the remaining board exams amid the pandemic. “Rajasthan is the only state in the country which conducted the remaining exams after the lockdown with large number of students and successfully completed the process of declaring the results,” said Dotasra.
The Class XII science exams started in the second week of March month but was discontinued from March 20 because of the lockdown. The remaining exams were held in June.
Out of the total number of students who cleared the exam, 1,68, 235 passed in first division, 44,577 in second division and around 5,150 managed to just pass.