Anti-copying measures push pass % to lowest in 5 years

ALLAHABAD: The UP Board High School and Intermediate examination results saw a significant drop of 6.48% and 5.37% in overall pass percentage respectively, courtesy the stringent anti-copying measures put in place this year.

The overall pass percentage for High School was recorded at 81.18% as against 87.66% recorded in 2016 while Intermediate results this year were pegged at 82.62% as against 87.99% in 2016.

In fact, the overall pass percentage was the lowest in last five years.

However, like previous years, girls once against outshined boys in both the High School and Intermediate examinations with top three spots in Intermediate examinations being bagged by girls in the state.

In High School examination, girls did better with 86.50% over all pass percentage as against 76.75% secured by boys. Similarly, in Intermediate examination, girls secured 88.80% results as compared to 77.16% registered by boys.

The board’s director Amarnath Verma and secretary Shail Yadav announced the results at its headquarters in Allahabad.

As per results, Tejaswini Devi of Jai Maa Saraswati Gyan Mandir Radha Raman Inter College, Fatehpur topped in High School examination with 95.83% marks while Priyanshi Tiwari of Saraswati Balika Madhyamik Inter College, Fatehpur secured top spot in Intermediate examination with 96.20% marks.

As per record, in High School examination 29,98,492 students appeared, including 16,34,203 boys and 13,64,289 girls, while in Intermediate examination 25,22,,017 students appeared including 13,39,557 boys and 11,82,460 girls.

The board had deployed strict measures to check use of unfair means in the exams which resulted in the decline of its overall pass percentage.

Also, this was the first results after the board launched the online registration for Class 9 and Class 11 in 2015. The online option was launched to weed out fake registrations.

The other measures introduced to check mass copying included providing coded answer sheets in 31 districts of the state identified as sensitive.

The board had also cancelled 69 exams of various subjects besides debarring 91 schools from holding exams for next five years due to mass copying.

During the exam, as many as 5,94,503 candidates left the exams midway and 1,862 examinees were caught copying due to strict vigilance, claimed the officials.