Over 29 lakh students have failed to clear Class 10 exams in the past year, as per the data provided by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education.
According to the data made available by the
government, 1,89,90,809 students appeared for Class 10 examination, of which 1,60,34,671 students were declared passed and 29,56,138 students failed to progress to the Class 11. The data was revealed by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of Education of India, in Lok Sabha.