UP Board Class 10 Results 2025: Jalaun’s Yash Singh tops with 97.83%, girls outshine boys again; Agra tops districts, Sonbhadra at bottom
PTC Web Desk: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) on Thursday declared the Class 10 board examination results for 2025. This year, Jalaun’s Yash Singh emerged as the state topper, scoring 97.83 percent, while the overall pass percentage stood at 90.11 percent, a marginal increase of 0.56% from last year’s 89.55 percent. Yash Singh's father, Vinay Singh, is a principal at Inter College Umri, and his mother, Suman Devi, is a homemaker.
At the second position, with 97.67 percent, are Anshi from Etawah and Abhishek from Barabanki. The third position is shared by Ritu Garg (Moradabad), Arpit Verma (Sitapur), and Simran Gupta (Jalaun), each securing 97.50 percent.
The results once again reflected the superior performance of girls over boys. While 93.87 percent of girls passed the examination, only 86.66 percent of boys cleared it—showing a gender gap of 7.21 percent in favour of girls.
Agra tops districts, Sonbhadra at bottom
Among the districts, Agra recorded the highest pass percentage at 94.99 percent, followed by Basti (94.67%) and Mathura (94.60%). On the other end, Sonbhadra reported the lowest pass percentage at 74.72 percent, with Lalitpur (78.82%) and Pilibhit (82.59%) also among the bottom three.
Ganga Maurya from Ghazipur secured the seventh rank in the state with 96.83 percent. She reportedly broke down in tears upon seeing her result and had to be consoled by her teachers. “I didn’t expect to be among the top 10,” she said.
Inmates excel in board exams
Out of 94 inmates who appeared for the Class 10 board examination from various jails, 91 passed, registering an impressive 96 percent pass rate. This marks a 17 percent increase from 2020, when the pass rate among inmates was 83 percent.
A total of 27,32,216 candidates had registered for the Class 10 examination this year. This included 14,49,736 boys and 12,82,458 girls. Over 1.84 lakh students did not appear for the exam. The board examinations were held between February 24 and March 12, across 74 districts, excluding Prayagraj.
Last year, Prachi Nigam had topped the Class 10 exams with 591 out of 600 marks.
- With inputs from agencies
