Number of girls increased in Bihar Board
Jagran correspondent, Patna. Bihar School Examination Board has now released the number of candidates after the Inter and Matriculation examination date. The number of girls is more in Inter and Matriculation Annual Examination 2026.
15 lakh 12 thousand 963 candidates will appear in matriculation, out of which seven lakh, 85 thousand, 829 will be girls and seven lakh 27 thousand, 134 will be boys. This time the number of girls is 58 thousand 695 more than that of boys.
Compared to last year, this time fewer candidates are appearing in the matriculation examination. A total of 15 lakh, 97 thousand 646 candidates had appeared in 2025.
33 thousand 844 more girls than boys in Inter 2026
The number of girls is also more in Inter Annual Examination 2026. This time a total of 13 lakh, 17 thousand, 846 candidates will appear in the Inter Annual Examination 2026. In this, the number of girls is six lakh, 75 thousand, 845 and the number of boys is six lakh, 42 thousand, 1.
In comparison to boys, 33 thousand 844 more girls will appear in the intermediate examination. At the same time, this time the number of candidates has increased compared to the Inter year 2024 examination. 12,74,069 students had appeared in the year 2024 inter examination.
Effect of Chief Minister's schemes on increase in number of girls: Anand Kishore
Bihar School Examination Committee Chairman Anand Kishore said that the effect of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's schemes has started becoming visible for the last several years. This time more girls than boys are appearing in both Inter and Matriculation board examinations.
This is a matter of pride for the board as well as the state. Many schemes are being run by the government for the education of school going girls. Its effect is continuously visible.
The Speaker said that 1762 examination centers have been set up in the state for intermediate examination and 1699 for matriculation. Inter Annual Examination 2026 will be held from 2nd to 13th February and Matric Annual Examination 2026 will be held from 17th to 25th February 2026.
In Patna district, 73,963 candidates will appear in Inter and 71,009 candidates will appear in Matriculation. 84 examination centers have been made in Patna district for Inter and 70 for Matriculation.
Number of students appearing in matriculation in certain years
2025 : 15,97,6462024: 16,64,2522023: 16,10,6572022: 16,11,0992021: 16,54,1712020: 14,94,0712019: 16,35,0702018: 17,58,7972017: 17,23,911
Students appeared in inter annual examination
2025 : 12,74,0692024 : 12,91,6842023 : 13,04,5862022 : 13,25,7492021 : 13,40,2672020 : 12,04,8342019 : 13,15,3822018 : 11,92,0532017 : 12,56,507