PRAYAGRAJ, April 26 -- In the last four decades, never once have boys been able to outshine girls in UP Board's High School and Intermediate examinations.

According to records available from 1986 onwards, every time the same headline has surfaced year after year that girls were ahead of boys in terms of pass percentage. In the Intermediate exam of 1986, 62.26% of the students were successful. Out of these, 73.21% were girls, while 59.09% were boys. In the same year, 43.70% High School students were declared successful of which 63.45% were girls and 39.53% were boys.

This time too, girls left the boys behind with a significant margin both in High School as-well-as the Intermediate examinations. In High School, girls led boys in terms of ...