SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has declared the Class 10 annual regular examination results for the October–November 2025 session, revealing a significant performance gap between the Kashmir and Jammu divisions. Kashmir recorded a notably higher pass rate compared to Jammu.
Overall, 85.03 percent of students across the Union Territory passed the examinations, with 80,650 of 94,845 candidates qualifying. Girls outperformed boys, achieving a pass percentage of 85.78 percent against 84.30 percent among boys.
In Kashmir, 60,927 of 69,525 students passed, resulting in a pass rate of 87.63 percent. By contrast, Jammu saw 19,723 students succeed out of 25,320, yielding a pass percentage of 77.89.
Subject-wise, Kashmir led in Social Studies and Urdu, with pass rates of 97 percent and 96 percent, while Mathematics and Science recorded 91 percent each. In Jammu, Social Studies topped at 93 percent, followed by Mathematics and Science at 87 percent, and Urdu at 86 percent.
The grade distribution highlighted the divide further: of 16,550 A1 grades awarded across the Union Territory, 15,596 were from Kashmir, compared with just 954 from Jammu. Kashmir also dominated in B1 and B2 grades.
Disciplinary and administrative actions were reported from both divisions. Across the region, 11 cases involved disputed eligibility, 33 examinations were cancelled, and four students were disqualified for one year. Kashmir accounted for eight cancelled examinations and 36 cancelled subject results, while Jammu had 25 cancelled examinations and 36 subject results annulled.
JKBOSE had earlier announced that scoring 85 percent would be treated as equivalent to full marks, following a 15 percent syllabus reduction due to disruptions caused by heatwaves, torrential rains, cloudbursts, and floods.
