Himachal board declares Class-10 results, Palampur’s Saina Thakur tops state with 99.43%
The second position went to Ridhima Sharma of RK Senior Secondary Public School, Ghandalwin, Bilaspur, who scored 99.2%. The third rank was shared by Mudita Sharma of Modern Public Senior Secondary School, Swarghat, Solan, and Priyanka Sharma of Minerva Senior Secondary School, Ghumarwin, Bilaspur, who secured 99.14%.
Scoring a whopping 99.43%, Saina Thakur of Neugal Model School Bhawarna, Palampur, topped the state in the Himachal board Class-10 exams. The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) declared the results on Thursday afternoon.
The second position went to Ridhima Sharma of RK Senior Secondary Public School, Ghandalwin, Bilaspur, who scored 99.2%. The third rank was shared by Mudita Sharma of Modern Public Senior Secondary School, Swarghat, Solan, and Priyanka Sharma of Minerva Senior Secondary School, Ghumarwin, Bilaspur, who secured 99.14%.
HPBOSE chairman-cum-deputy commissioner, Kangra, Hemraj Bairwa, said that out of the 95, 495 students who appeared for the exam, 75, 862 (79.8%) have cleared it. He added that 117 students made it to the merit list, out of which 88 are girls. As many as 20 students are from government schools and 97 are from private schools, he added.
Saina said that her goal is to become a computer science engineer. Saina Thakur, gave the credit of her success to her parents and teachers. “My mother is a housewife and father works in a hotel. They always inspired me to study,” she said.
Students can look up the results on the board website: www.hpbose.org.
For any assistance, they can contact the board at 01892-242119 (Shimla, Sirmour, Lahaul Spiti, Kinnaur), 01892.242128 (Kullu, Una, Solan), 01892-242148 (Hamirpur, Chamba, Bilaspur), 01892-242149 (Kangra) 01892-242151 (Mandi) from 10 am to 5 pm on working days.
Improvement in overall pass percentage
The overall pass percentage saw an improvement in 2025 at 78.9% as compared to 74.61% in 2024. However, this is still low from 2023, which registered 89.7%, and 2022, which was 87.50% and 2021, when it was 99.7%.
HPBOSE secretary Vishal Sharma has attributed the success to a change in the pattern of question papers. “We have changed the pattern and have introduced multiple-choice questions in all subjects. We gave OMR sheets for these MCQs. Apart from this, the marking pattern was also changed and teachers were trained,” said Sharma.
The total of 95,495 students appeared for the exam, out of which 75,862 cleared, while 427 remained absent, informed Sharma, adding that 13,574 candidates failed the examination and 5,563 got compartment.
Following the trends of other boards, girls outshone boys in the Himachal board results also. Out of 48,946 boys who took the exam, 38,002 passed, and out of 46,122 girls appearing for the exam, 37,860 cleared.
The Class 10 examinations were conducted from March 4 to 22 across 2,300 examination centres set up across the state. Sharma said, “For the convenience of the candidates who have passed the said examination, copies of the certificates are also being made available on Digilocker by the board.”
Candidates interested in revaluation or review for answer sheets can apply online by depositing ₹1,000 and ₹800, respectively, with the condition that the candidate must have secured a minimum of 20% marks in the concerned subject, Sharma said. “The candidates who wish to get their answer books re-evaluated or rechecked can do so by applying online on the board’s website. But to apply for revaluation, it is mandatory to have at least 20% marks in the concerned subject,” he said.
CM, Dy CM congratulate students
Lauding the meritorious students for their outstanding performance, Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said, “Their achievement was the result of their consistent hard work and dedication towards the studies. There is no shortcut to success in life and it can only be attained through unwavering dedication, sincerity and devotion.”
Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri said, “The students have achieved this success on the basis of hard work, discipline and studies. Parents and teachers have made a valuable contribution in this achievement of the students and with their guidance, the students will be able to realize their dream of a bright future.”
