None Passed: 18 Haryana Govt Schools Record 0% In Class 12 Boards
Eighteen government schools in Haryana have reported a zero-pass percentage in the recently declared Class 12 board exam results.
The shocking figure has drawn immediate scrutiny from both state and central education authorities, with calls for urgent corrective action.
These underperforming schools are spread across various districts, six in Nuh, four in Faridabad, and one each in Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Karnal, Palwal, Rohtak, Sonipat, and Yamunanagar.
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The dismal performance is part of a broader crisis, with 82 government schools across 22 districts recording a pass percentage of less than 35%, overshadowing Haryana’s overall pass percentage of 85.7%.
Nuh district emerged as the epicentre of this education crisis, accounting for 62 out of the 100 lowest-performing government schools in the state. Faridabad followed with 12 schools among the bottom 100.
In total, only 59 students appeared for the Class 12 exams from the 18 zero-pass schools. The largest cohort came from the Hindu Girls Senior Secondary School in Yamunanagar, which had 23 students, none of whom passed.
School principals and educators have attributed the abysmal results to a combination of systemic failures, including teacher shortages, lack of student attendance, poor parental engagement, and burdensome non-academic duties assigned to educators.
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At Govt Senior Secondary School in Otha (Nuh), none of the 13 students who took the board exams passed. The school’s principal cited the long-standing vacancy of the English Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) as a major factor.
“Our students struggled the most with English. The PGT-English position has been vacant for nearly three years. Six students got compartmental in English. Had they cleared it, our pass rate could have reached 40%,” he told TOI.
He also raised concerns over ineffective reporting mechanisms. “These issues are regularly flagged through the system’s management information portal, but we rarely see any meaningful follow-up,” he added.
Another glaring issue is the lack of student attendance. Many school heads reported that students often skip classes or are irregular throughout the academic year.
The Haryana Education Directorate has flagged these 100 schools, including the 18 with zero-pass rates, for immediate review and intervention.
Officials are expected to assess staffing needs, infrastructure deficits, and curriculum delivery in the coming weeks. The report will also be forwarded to the Ministry of Education for central-level scrutiny.
Meanwhile, education activists and civil society groups are urging the state government to take urgent measures, including filling vacant posts, reducing non-academic workload on teachers, strengthening school monitoring, and initiating community awareness programs to improve student attendance.
