Gujarat SSC result to be declared today

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will declare the SSC result on Saturday. Over 9.28 lakh students have appeared for the class X board exams this year.

Officials said that the result will be available on the official websites from 8am. The mark sheets will be available to students from their respective schools on June 7. 

Last year, the board had declared 71.06% result. Over 9.36 lakh students had appeared for the exam and of them, 6.65 lakh had cleared it.

This year, the board has already declared HSC (science) and HSC (general) stream results which were lowest in seven years. There is widespread fear among parents that the SSC result too may be low this year. However, board sources said that the result this year may be in the range of 73-75%.

Since last year, the board has introduced percentile and grading system in class X wherein the students are given grades depending on the range of percentage of marks secured by them. The students stand a chance of scoring better as the paper was divided into two parts - 50 marks questions were objective type while the remaining 50 marks questions were subjective in nature.

Meanwhile, the Admission Committee for Professional Diploma Courses (ACPDC) (Gujarat) said that admission in diploma courses after SSC will begin shortly. ACPDC will be holding a programme on June 4 and 5 between 11 am and 5 pm to guide students who have passed SSC. To facilitate online form filling and registration, seminars will be held in all diploma colleges between 11am and 5pm on June 5 and 6. where students and parents will be given complete lowdown on the number of seats in diploma engineering courses, and the process of online registration. Students can also seek answers to any admission- and career-related query here.