Girls outshine boys in UP Board’s 10th and 12th grade exams
Girls have again outshined boys in the High School and Intermediate Board exams conducted by Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education.
Girls have again outshined boys in the High School and Intermediate Board exams conducted by Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education.
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, Seth said that the total strength of NCC cadets increased from 14.64 lakh in 2021 to 15.58 lakh in 2025, reflecting sustained growth in youth participation in the organisation.
Sr. Heleena Alby, principal of the school, told media persons on Wednesday that the minister had made the statement “without verifying the facts”.
Chairperson of the Odisha State Commission for Women, Sovana Mohanty, also took strong exception to the “girls should not be allowed to go out at night" remarks by TMC supremo and said that the WB CM does not feel the pain of the survivor.
On Wednesday, over 9.04 lakh women, adolescent girls, and students across 4,500 centres in the district simultaneously consumed iron folic acid tablets, transforming the symbolic “red pill” into an emblem of health and empowerment.
In high school (class 10) examinations, girls’ pass percentage was 93.34 and that of the boys 86.64. Similarly, in the examinations for XII Boards, the pass percentage for girls was 83 and for boys, 69.34.
The girls have alleged that their college was not letting them enter the college campus wearing burqa and are compelling them to remove it at the entrance gate.
As many as twenty girls interacted with international visitors in Bhubaneswar and shared their intriguing stories of courage and determination, with many of them having resisted the pressure from families to get married at an early age.
Acting on the petition filed by human rights lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, the apex human rights panel asked the State’s Chief Secretary to furnish a compliance report within six weeks.
Addressing the graduating students, the President said as they are entering in a world of unlimited opportunities and possibilities, she has no doubt that they are capable of converting opportunities into success and possibilities into certainties.
