{"id":13981,"date":"2018-12-31T08:32:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=13981"},"modified":"2018-12-31T08:32:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:02:42","slug":"hard-work-is-key-to-success-say-class-x-toppers-of-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=13981","title":{"rendered":"Hard work is key to success, say Class X toppers of Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Srinagar:<\/i><\/strong><i> Despite missing regular classes owing to frequent shutdowns in Kashmir, the girls have proved their potential in the Class X examination by excelling and securing most of the top positions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Haya Javid Kirmani, 15, a student of Harvard Educational Institute, Naseem Bagh, secured 98 per cent by getting 498 marks out of 500. Elated Haya said: \u201cThere is no shortcut to hard work.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Last year, the J&amp;K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) started the grading system and since then it doesn\u2019t declare the list of toppers.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cConsistency in studies is must, but not just for securing marks. The most important factor for a student is to take studies as pleasure and not burden. Students who take studies as burden can\u2019t achieve success in any examination,\u201d said Haya from Srinagar.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The results were declared by the JKBOSE on Saturday, in which 75 per cent students passed. Surprisingly, students from the militancy-hit south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian have shown the highest pass percentage of 84.50 and 83, respectively.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Though the boys secured a pass percentage of 76, which is 2 per cent more than girls, but most of the top positions have been secured by the girls.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Another student Maleeha Zahoor, 15, from Ganderbal district, secured 497 marks out of 500. Maleeha said despite frequent disturbances, she was able to complete her syllabus on time.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cHard work is the key to success. I used to dedicate two hours to my studies every day throughout the year. It helped me overcome the pressure near the exams. I am happy for the success and its credit goes to the God, my parents and teachers,\u201d she added.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>JKBOSE chairperson Prof Veena Pandita said there had been a huge improvement in the pass percentage of the students this year.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Despite missing regular classes owing to frequent shutdowns in Kashmir, the girls have proved their potential in the Class X examination by excelling and securing most of the top positions. Haya Javid Kirmani, 15, a student of Harvard Educational Institute, Naseem Bagh, secured 98 per cent by getting 498 marks out of 500. Elated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}