Kamal Ghorui
The Class 10 results declared by the Board of School Education Haryana, show a stubborn weak link that refuses to go away: Mathematics.While overall pass percentages in the regular category remain high at nearly 89.60%, and most subjects like Science, Social Science, Hindi and English comfortably cross the 90–98% success range, Mathematics tells a very different story.In the regular examination, Mathematics (Standard) records a pass percentage of 92.66%, which looks strong at first glance. But the real pressure point appears when the result is broken into other learning pathways. In the re-appear category, Mathematics (Standard) drops sharply to 24.53%, while Mathematics (Basic) falls further to 18.87%. In the open school fresh category, the situation becomes even more severe, with Mathematics (Standard) at just 16.60% and Mathematics (Basic) at 14.00%—the lowest-performing subject across the entire result.This consistent decline across systems suggests that Mathematics is not just a difficult subject for one group of students, but a structural barrier that persists.Other subjects do show fluctuations across categories, but none collapse as sharply or consistently as Mathematics. Even in weaker cohorts, subjects like Punjabi, Urdu, or Social Science manage to maintain relatively higher pass percentages, often ranging between 60% and 90%.The overall pass percentage for regular candidates stood at 89.60%, while self-study (private) candidates recorded a pass percentage of 70.02%.A total of 2,76,640 regular students appeared for the examination, out of which 2,47,860 students passed. Meanwhile, 6,201 students were placed in the Essential Repeat (E.R.) category and will have to reappear for the examination.Girls once again outperformed boys in the Haryana Board Class 10 examinations. Out of 1,33,530 girls who appeared, 1,22,367 passed, taking the pass percentage to 91.64%.
