Aizawl: Boys outperformed girls in the Mizoram Class 10 board examinations for the fifth consecutive year since 2022, according to results released on Thursday.
The examination results announced by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) on Thursday showed that 80.31 per cent of the total 18,257 students who appeared for the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination cleared the exam.
This marked a significant improvement over last year’s overall pass rate of 76.68 per cent.
Of the 8,448 boys who appeared for the exam, 81.16 per cent passed. In comparison, girls recorded a pass rate of 79.59 per cent out of 9,809 candidates.
Both genders showed marked year-on-year improvement, rising from last year’s figures of 77.86 per cent for boys and 75.63 per cent for girls.
The examinations were conducted between February and March this year.
In a significant policy shift, the MBSE has stopped publishing merit lists (Top-10 rankings), distinctions, and divisions in its result books from this year.
Officials stated that the move aims to discourage high-stakes competition among students based on rote memorisation and to shift the focus toward quality and competency-based education.
Regarding institutional performance, deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as the top performers with a 96.92 per cent pass rate.
They were followed by private schools with an 89.38 per cent pass rate, while state-run schools recorded a 72.02 per cent success rate.
While 146 schools achieved a perfect 100 per cent pass rate, 13 schools recorded zero passes.
Ten of these underperforming institutions fall under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) programme.
Among the state’s 11 districts, South Mizoram ranked first with an average success rate of 89.71 per cent, followed closely by Serchhip at 89.49 per cent and Hnahthial at 89.11 per cent.