GSHSEB: Surat leads with highest number of students who appeared, cleared Class 12 board examinations

Besides, Surat’s Suman schools have seen a 2% rise in the pass percentage for General stream increased, when compared with last year. Of the 1,469 students of such schools, who appeared in the board exams this years, 1,449 passed.

Kidecha Anjali, daughter of diamond polisher Hareshbhai Kidecha, a student of SMC Suman school at Varachha secured in A1 Grade in General stream with 91.43 percentage and 99.15 percentile. She scored 640 out of 700.

Talking to The Indian Express, Anjali said, “My father works at a diamond factory. He was suffering due to the ongoing recession in the industry. We have been facing financial problems since two months. I worked hard and am satisfied with the results. My mother does “tikki work” on sarees at home and I help her with that too. The credit of my achievement goes to my teachers and my parents.”

Another student of Suman High School at Bhestan, Khan Mohammed Kaif, scored 91 percent (98.97 percentile) and secured A1 grade in General stream. He scored 637 marks. Kaif stays in one of the EWS houses built by the Surat Municipal Corporation, at Bhestan.

Kaif said, “My father does petty labour work at different places. I have two more brothers who also work as labourers and help my father run the family. I help my mother in household chores. The credit of by success goes to my teachers and my hard work. I want to sit for competitive exams and become a government officer, and take care of my family.”

In March 2025, a total of 41,884 students from Surat — highest in the state — appeared in the Class 12 board exams for General stream. The overall pass percentage in Surat stood at 93.97. As many as 1,667 (27.54 per cent) students bagged A1 grade, while 6,669 got A2 grade (16.54 per cent).

Similarly for Science stream, 14,137 students from Surat — also the highest in the state —appeared in the Class 12 board exams. The overall pass percentage for the stream in Surat stood at 86.50. A total of 247 (29.72 percent) students secured A1 grade and 1,622 (20.07 per cent) achieved A2 grade.

Additonally, in nine Suman schools, run by the Surat Municipal Corporation, a total of 1,469 students from General stream appeared in the Class 12 board exams in March 2025, out of which 1,449 passed and the rest failed. In March 2024, 1,355 students had taken the exams, and 1,313 had passed. Surat city’s overall pass percentage this year for the stream stood at 98.60, which is 1.70 per cent higher than last year.

Dharmesh Patel, an administrator at a Suman school, said: “We run the 12th grade General stream in Gujarati, Marathi and Hindu mediums. While 607 Gujarati-medium students passed (629 appeared), 552 passed (556 appeared) from Marathi medium and 154 passed (170 appeared) from Hindi mediums. Of those who secured A1 grade, 22 are from Gujarati medium, 29 from Hindi and six from Marathi medium.”

He added, “Minimum fees are collected from the students in Suman schools. We are waiting for the Class 10 board results. We will organise an event where students who have secured A1 grade will be felicitated by the SMC leaders and the commissioner.”

Surat DEO Bhagirathsinh Parmar said, “We are thankful to the students that this year again we topped in the state in terms of the number of students to have successfully cleared the Class 12 board exams in both General and Science streams, and also in terms of number of students who secured A1 and A2 grades. Those who failed can reappear in June again. They should not be heartbroken.”