Punjab Board PSEB 12th result 2020: Check at pseb.ac.in

Punjab Board PSEB 12th Result 2020: Nearly 2.5 lakh students have got their results today as the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) declared the result of class 12 board exams today. The result is available at pseb.ac.in and indiaresults.com.

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The pass percentage has seen a huge jump from 86.41  per cent last year to 90.98 per cent this year. This could be because of the result being declared based on a special marking scheme. This year, the result is being announced without holding all the exams due to the coronavirus. Students are given marks based on special criteria. Among the exams which have been conducted, the average of the highest three marks of a student will be calculated and the score will be given on the basis of the same.

Just like last year, government schools have outscored the private schools. Govt schools have reached a pass percentage of 94.32 per cent as opposed to 91.84 per cent for affiliated schools and 87.04 per cent of associated schools. Region-wisem the pass percentage of rural area is better at 93.39 per cent as compared to urban areas at 91.96 per cent.

Punjab Board PSEB 12th Result 2020: How to check marks online?

Students can also follow these steps to check their marks –

Step 1: Visit the official website, pseb.ac.in

Step 2: On the homepage, click on the link ‘results’

Step 3: You will be redirected to a new page

Step 4: Log-in using roll number

Step 5: Result will appear on the screen

Step 6: Download it, and take a print out for further reference.

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Punjab Board PSEB 12th Result 2020: PSEB provisional mark sheet

Students should take the print out for future purposes. The print out of marks memo displayed on the screen will act as a provisional mark sheet. The original mark sheet will be disbursed by schools. Since the schools are closed this might take a while. Class 12 mark sheets are critical to get admission to colleges.

To pass the exams, students need to obtain 33 per cent marks. In subjects having both practical and theory, students will have to pass both separately. While the aggregate pass percentage of every subject should be 33 per cent, for practical section, those obtaining 20 per cent marks and 33 per cent for theory will also be deemed pass.

With a change in pass percentage and best of three criteria, the pass percentage is expected to go higher this year. In PSEB 12th result 2019, the pass percentage was recorded at 86.41 per cent. The pass percentage of open school candidates was 58.2 per cent in 2019. The top rank was obtained jointly by Ludhiana’s resident Sarvjot Singh, Muktsar sahib’s Aman and Muskaan Kaur from Nakodar in Jalandhar jointly secured the first place with 98.89 per cent scoring 445/450 in the Punjab Board class 12 exams.

New exam pattern

Punjab Board decided to incorporate multiple choice questions (MCQs) of 10 marks in physics, mathematics, and chemistry for class 12 students. Each of these MCQs would have been for one mark each. While not all PSEB class 12 exams could be held this year, the new pattern will be followed next year too. Several other boards including CBSE, UP Board and others have introduced MCQs in their exam format.