The board scrapped the practice of awarding grace marks, called “moderation” by Seba, to inflate pass percentage. Dhemaji recorded the highest pass percentage (83.28) while Hailakandi recorded the lowest (39.01). In 289 schools, including 37 government schools, the pass percentage was below 10. Bhattacharya said failure of 40 per cent students was a matter of concern. The pass percentage in Assam High Madrassa examination was 58.18, with 9,127 students appearing.

Source: The Telegraph May 15, 2019 18:33 UTC