Srinagar, Jan 02: There is no clarity on declaration of result of class 10th to 12th examination as the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has been rendered headless by the government.
A top official told Greater Kashmir that the result cannot be declared without holding a meeting of Result Declaration Committee which is headed by the Chairman JKBOSE.
“Before declaring the result, a meeting of result declaration committee is convened to finalise the result and resolve any issues pertaining to it. But JKBOSE is without a chairman, due to which there is no clarity about declaration of the result,” the official said.
As already reported by this newspaper, the J&K government on December 13 of 2024 reconstituted a search committee for recommending the panel of the candidates for the appointment as Chairman JKBOSE and the Director Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).
The Search Committee on April 4, 2025 held interaction with the shortlisted candidates for the post of Chairman JKBOSE and Director SCERT.
Following the interactions, a panel of three candidates each for the post of Chairman JKBOSE and Director SCERT, was submitted to the government to finalise the selection of the candidates.
Surprisingly, there was no headway in the process till the validity of the panel expired in six months.
Amid the delay in appointment of permanent chairman of JKBOSE, the charge was managed by the former Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Higher Education Department (HED) Shantmanu, who attained superannuation on December 31 of 2025.
Following this, JKBOSE was rendered headless leading to uncertainty about the declaration of the result.
“The result is in its final stage and at this crucial time, government should have not left the institution headless. The government should have given the charge of Chairman JKBOSE to some equivalent rank officer till the appointment of the permanent chairman of JKBOSE,” the official said.
The official said that JKBOSE was ready to declare the result of class 10th on January 6 or 7 of 2026 but the delay in holding meeting of result declaration committee led to uncertainty.
This newspaper earlier reported that the JKBOSE was all set to declare the result of annual regular-2025 class 10th examination by the first week of January this year followed by the declaration of the result of class 12th and 11th class students by 3rd and last week of the January month.
“But we are now clueless without chairman. The declaration of the result has to be time bound process otherwise it has its own implications,” the official told Greater Kashmir.
This year, the annual regular-2025 examination of class 10th to 12th students commenced on November month of 2025.
As already reported by this newspaper, JKBOSE had announced 15 percent relaxation for students in class 10th, 11th and 12th annual examinations, in view of the disruptions faced by the students during the academic session.
As per the official figures, 94783 students- 68804 from Kashmir and 25,224 students from winter zone areas of Jammu division besides 660 students from Kargil and 95 from Leh district registered for the class 10th JKBOSE examination this year.
Also, the examination for class 11th and 12th students was scheduled from November 19 and November 8 of 2025 respectively.
Approximately, 81622 students – 64001 from Jammu and 17621 from winter zone areas of Jammu have registered for class 11th examination while 70117 students—56423 from Kashmir and 13694 from winter zone areas of Jammu have registered for class 12th examination.