A Nainital govt school sees 0% pass rate; lone Class 10 student fails in all subjects

Nainital: A government higher secondary school in Nainital district has drawn attention for all the wrong reasons after it registered a zero pass percentage in the Class 10 state board examinations — with its sole student failing all subjects. Despite the meagre student count, the school had seven teachers on its rolls.

The Government Higher Secondary School at the Okhalkanda block in Bhadrakot had just one Class 10 student appear for this year’s board exams, and the student failed in every subject, making it the only government school in Uttarakhand to record a 0% result in the Class 10 board exams, which were announced on April 19.

The incident has triggered official concern, and Nainital Chief Education Officer Govind Jaiswal has promised to look into it. “I will investigate the matter, and action will be taken accordingly,” he said.

The seven teachers handle subjects of arts, mathematics, science, Hindi, English and social sciences. The arts teacher was recently transferred to another institution.

In the previous academic year, the school had just seven students enrolled across classes six to ten. According to officials, there were two students each in classes six and seven, and one student each in classes eight, nine and ten.