76.65% of Students Clear Class 10 Board Exams, District's Performance Among the State's Lowest

Vadodara: As many as 76.65% of students from Vadodara district who appeared for the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) class 10 exams, conducted between February and May, have successfully cleared the exams.

However, the district's performance ranked among the lowest three in the state.

Out of 36,758 students who sat for the exams, 28,171 passed, including 1,111 students who achieved A-1 grades. Additionally, 31 schools in the district recorded a 100% pass rate.

The district's pass percentage was only higher than Kheda and Panchmahal, which recorded 72.55% and 73.6% pass rates, respectively. Vadodara's passing percentage was also slightly lower than in 2024, when 77.2% of students cleared the exams. Two schools in the district had pass rates of 10% or lower, although no school received a ‘zero' result. Last year, one school in the district had no passing students. This year, 43 schools had a 100% pass rate, a decrease from last year when all students from those schools cleared the exams.

Among the schools with a perfect pass percentage this year were Tejas Vidyalaya, Gujarat Public School (Morning) Atladara, and Urmi School.

The Varnama centre saw the highest pass percentage in the district at 90.22%, while the Bhadarva centre recorded the lowest, with only 46.09% of students passing. This was a decline from 71.11% last year.

Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) schools saw a notable pass rate of 61.58%, with 93 out of 151 students passing the exams. This was the first year these schools offered standard 9 and 10 classes, and it marked their debut in board exams. Eighteen students from these schools scored over 70% marks. These students were felicitated by Vadodara MP Dr. Hemang Joshi, a former vice chairman of the primary education committee.

Among the standout students was Mital Vanzara, the daughter of a tractor driver, who scored 93.5% at Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Secondary School. Mital expressed her aspiration to become a doctor, and her father, Dilip Vanzara, vowed to support her education. Mital credited her success to the hard work of her teachers and the extra classes they offered, sharing that she only slept for two hours a night in preparation for the exams.

Another high achiever, Jiya Solanki from Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyalaya, scored a remarkable 99.97 percentile, with full marks in maths and science. Jiya, whose parents are both teachers, plans to pursue a career as an electronics and communications engineer.