{"id":15085,"date":"2026-05-11T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/11\/punjab-class-10-board-results-show-94-52-pass-rate-rural-students-outperform-urban-peers-harleen-sharma-tops-with-99-38\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:40:57","slug":"punjab-class-10-board-results-show-94-52-pass-rate-rural-students-outperform-urban-peers-harleen-sharma-tops-with-99-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=15085","title":{"rendered":"Punjab class 10 board results show 94.52% pass rate; rural students outperform urban peers; Harleen Sharma tops with 99.38%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131015918,imgsize-49338,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/punjab-class-10-board-exam-toppers.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab class 10 board results show 94.52% pass rate; rural students outperform urban peers; Harleen Sharma tops with 99.38%\" title=\"Punjab Class 10 board exam toppers shine with outstanding performance: Harleen Sharma leads with 99.38%, followed by Manimahesh Sharma and Riya Rani, both securing 99.23%, showcasing exceptional academic excellence across the state.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Punjab Class 10 board exam toppers shine with outstanding performance: Harleen Sharma leads with 99.38%, followed by Manimahesh Sharma and Riya Rani, both securing 99.23%, showcasing exceptional academic excellence across the state.\">Punjab Class 10 board exam toppers shine with outstanding performance: Harleen Sharma leads with 99.38%, followed by Manimahesh Sharma and Riya Rani, both securing 99.23%, showcasing exceptional academic excellence across the state.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHANDIGARH: Punjab has recorded an overall pass percentage of 94.52% in the Class 10 board examinations, with rural students outperforming their urban counterparts in this year\u2019s results, according to figures released by the state education department.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A total of 2,69,505 students appeared for the examinations, out of which 2,54,744 cleared the exam. The results indicate a strong overall academic performance across the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Rural vs urban performance<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Rural areas registered a pass percentage of 95.35%, with 1,66,830 students passing out of 1,74,958 who appeared. In comparison, urban regions recorded a pass percentage of 92.98%, where 87,914 students cleared the exam out of 94,547 candidates. <!-- -->Officials noted that this marks a shift in performance trends compared to previous years, where urban centres generally led.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Toppers of Punjab<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Harleen Sharma of Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Jaito (Faridkot) topped the state with 646 out of 650 marks (99.38%). The second position was jointly secured by Manimahesh Sharma of Government Senior Secondary School, Chanauli Bassi (Rupnagar) and Riya Rani of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Chief Khalsa Diwan, Model Town (Hoshiarpur), both scoring 645 out of 650 marks (99.23%).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Official statement and trends<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the rural-urban gap now stands at over 2.3 percentage points. He described the results as reflecting a broader shift in academic performance patterns across the state. The education department linked the overall improvement to ongoing system reforms, including infrastructure development in government schools, increased digital learning access, and regular teacher training programmes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Officials also said that consistent monitoring and academic support initiatives introduced over the past academic cycles may have contributed to improved outcomes, particularly in rural districts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/education\/news\/punjab-class-10-board-results-show-94-52-pass-rate-rural-students-outperform-urban-peers-harleen-sharma-tops-with-99-38\/articleshow\/131015902.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Class 10 board exam toppers shine with outstanding performance: Harleen Sharma leads with 99.38%, followed by Manimahesh Sharma and Riya Rani, both securing 99.23%, showcasing exceptional academic excellence across the state. CHANDIGARH: Punjab has recorded an overall pass percentage of 94.52% in the Class 10 board examinations, with rural students outperforming their urban counterparts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}