The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad also called UP Board will start a collection of brainstorming classes to look at why ladies have constantly outperformed boys in its highschool and intermediate examinations over the previous twenty years and determine corrective measures.
Bhagwati Singh, UP Board secretary, has directed officers to compile detailed reviews on attendance patterns of male college students, their educational efficiency, and interplay ranges with lecturers in lecture rooms. The train goals to grasp components contributing to the widening efficiency hole.
Singh stated the Board has noticed a persistent development of boys trailing ladies in board outcomes, indicating the function of social and household influences. He stated ladies are sometimes extra targeted on research attributable to fewer distractions and stricter parental supervision in comparison with boys.
Singh added that whereas each genders now have equal profession alternatives, ladies are inclined to view educational success as important for securing their future, whereas boys could have comparatively extra flexibility.
The initiative will assess causes behind the comparatively weaker efficiency of boys and description measures to enhance outcomes. The Board may also maintain regional consultations with college principals, educationists, psychologists and educational consultants to debate contributing components and doable interventions.
Discussions will cowl attendance, studying setting, educational engagement, social influences and examination preparedness. The train will lengthen to just about 30,000 UP Board-affiliated colleges throughout the state.
Information from board outcomes over the previous a number of years underline the development. Within the 2026 examinations, ladies recorded a cross proportion of 93.76% in Class 10 in comparison with 87.30% for boys, whereas in Class 12 the figures stood at 86.32% for women and 75.04% for boys.
Related patterns had been seen in 2025, with ladies securing a 93.87% cross charge in opposition to 86.66% for boys in highschool, and in 2024, when ladies achieved 93.40% in comparison with 86.05% amongst boys.
