Over 44,000 Gujarat Board repeater students fail again in Class 10 exams

At least 44,800 students appearing in the repeater category in the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) Class 10 examinations have failed once again this year, despite having appeared for the board exams in previous attempts.

Board data showed that while over 44,800 repeater students failed, only 22,598 managed to clear the examination. However, the performance of repeater candidates showed a marginal improvement compared with last year.

In 2025, as many as 53,256 repeater students had failed, while the pass percentage for repeaters stood at 32.26%. This year, the repeater pass percentage has improved slightly to 33.53%.

The board said more than 1.83 lakh students overall failed in one or more subjects in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations. Mathematics, Science and Social Science recorded the highest number of failures.

Meanwhile, students appearing privately through the open schooling system continued to record poor results. Of the 23,353 private candidates who appeared for the examination, only 6,590 passed, indicating a failure rate of over 70%.

The board has announced that supplementary examinations for students who failed in one or more subjects will begin on June 11. Eligible students will be able to apply for the second board examination, which has been conducted alongside the Class 12 supplementary system since last year.

Officials noted that repeater and private candidates consistently record lower results than regular students. For this reason, the board and the state government have, in recent years, presented the results of repeater and private candidates separately from those of regular students.