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Girls outshine boys in J-K higher secondary school exam

Girls outshone boys in the Higher Secondary School Examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE).…

PTI | Srinagar | January 11, 2018 2:05 pm | Updated : March 18, 2024 4:15 pm

Girls outshone boys in the Higher Secondary School Examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE).

The results for the same were declared on Thursday.

According to BOSE officials, 33,893 of the 55,163 candidates qualified the examination held in November last.

While the overall pass percentage was 61.44, more girls (64.31 per cent) passed the examination compared to boys (58.92 per cent), they said.

The soldier identified as Delhair Mushtaq suffered injuries and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Sources identified these women as Maryama Begum and Arshad Begum, both residents of Basantgarh area.

One terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district.