Results of J&K board class X declared, slain journalist Shujaat Bukhari's son gets 98.4%

 Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Saturday declared the results of class 10 annual examination for Kashmir division, with over 75% of the students passing the tests which were held in October-November.

"The results have been declared within a record time of 45 days. A huge improvement in pass percentage was recorded at 75.44% against 62.94% last year," officials said.
Out of the 55,472 examinees, 38,939 have passed, officials said, adding boys recorded a pass percentage of 76.41% and the girls 74.40%.

Among the districts, Pulwama fared the best with overall pass percentage of 84.50%, followed by Shopian at 83%, Srinagar at 81.90%, Kulgam 80.50%, Anantnag 78%, Baramulla 74.84%, Ganderbal 73.16%, Budgam 72.79%, Kupwara 62.92% and Bandipora 62.26%%, they said.

The officials said the government schools had recorded an impressive pass percentage of 63.71% with 16,621 students out of 26,089 having passed the examination against the pass percentage of 46.70 last year.Among the candidates who passed the examination is Syed Tamheed Bukhari, son of Syed Shujaat Bukhari, a senior journalist who was shot dead in Press Enclave in June.
Tamheed secured 98.4% marks in the examinations which were held just a few months after his father's assassination.