The recent results of class 10th and 12th classes announced by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) sparked a debate over the prevailing system of evaluation.

More than a dozen students were awarded 100 percent (500/500) marks in their class 10th examination which stirred widespread debate over the unprecedented awarding of 100 percent marks in annual examinations.

From the last one year, JKBOSE surprised everyone – parents, teachers, and education experts as it was able to declare the result of two classes (10th and 12th) on the same day, something which was never witnessed before.

On April 30 of 2025, JKBOSE declared the result of class 10th and 12th on the same day and this year again the result of two classes was declared on a single day.

Besides giving surprise with the declaration of result of two classes, JKBOSE surprised all the stakeholders by awarding 500 marks to over a dozen students.

A similar trend was witnessed in the Class 10 annual examinations of 2021, when nearly 15 students secured full marks, triggering intense discussion over the credibility and robustness of the Board’s evaluation mechanism.

Educationists and subject experts expressed serious concern over this emerging pattern and argued that such results project an unrealistic sense of perfection and leave no scope for academic improvement.

While many academicians concede that securing full marks in subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, or........

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