PSEB 12th result 2018: 10+2 merit list out, check high performers; Punjab board result declared on pseb.ac.in

PSEB 12th result 2018: Last year, the lowest pass percentage was recorded in past three years for class 12 examination, and it had dropped to 62.36 per cent from 76.77 per cent in 2016. In 2017, Amisha Arora of RS Model senior secondary school in Ludhiana, who scored 98.44 per cent, had obtained the top rank.

The examinations for Punjab Board Class 12 were conducted between February 28 and March 24. A total of 327,159 students took the Punjab Board Class 12 examination this year. Representational image source: PTI

PSEB 12th result 2018: In the results declared today for class 12 students by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), Puja Joshi of Ludhiana topped the board, while Vivek Rajput, also from Ludhiana, came second and Jasnoor Kaur of Muktsar came third. Like previous year, girls have once again outperformed boys in the PSEB class 12 results. The pass percentage for PSEB Class 12 Senior Secondary exam stands at 68.42%, while pass percentage for the open school is at 40.07%; overall pass percentage at 65.97%. The pass percentage of girls is at 78.25%, while the same for boys is at 60.46%. The students can check their results on the official website pseb.ac.in.

Last year, the lowest pass percentage was recorded in past three years for class 12 examination, and it had dropped to 62.36 per cent from 76.77 per cent in 2016. In 2017, Amisha Arora of RS Model senior secondary school in Ludhiana, who scored 98.44 per cent, had obtained the top rank.

Earlier, Punjab Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary stated that the Punjab Board Class 12 results would be announced by April-end, but the results have been announced today. The minister held a press conference to release the Punjab board 10+2 result merit list.

It may be noted that a total number of students 3, 00,417 students appeared for the exams this year, and out of this 198,199 have passed. As many as 31,364 students took the exams from commerce stream and of that 26,643 have been declared successful taking the pass percentage to 84.95. In the humanities, 2,12,945 had registered, of which 13,8,643 have cleared the exam (65.11 pass percent), while in the science stream, the pass percentage stands at 58.79 with 32,907 students, out of 55,976 having qualified the exams.

Last year, students as well as parents had staged protests over a combined merit list issued for those ‘with sports’ and ‘without sports’ for class 12. After getting negative feedback, the Board has now decided to issue two merit lists from this year.

The examinations for Punjab Board Class 12 were conducted between February 28 and March 24. A total of 327,159 students took the Punjab Board Class 12 examination this year. Last year, the pass percentage for Class 12 students stood at 65.33%. Students who took the examination can now check their PSEB Class 12 results 2018 in the following way:

A. Visit the official website pseb.ac.in.
B. Click on the results tab on the top bar
C. As the new page opens, click on Senior Secondary (10+2) Examination Provisional Result March 2018 NOW AVAILABLE or Click here
D. Now, enter your roll number or name and the Punjab board 10+2 result will be displayed
E. Students can download their result, and are advised to keep the copy of results.

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