PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 2 -- More than 52 lakh students have registered for the UP Board's high school and intermediate examinations for 2027, marking a decline of 132,719 registrations compared to the previous year, according to board data.

UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh confirmed that 27,75,741 students have registered for the Class 10 examination and 24,28,972 for Class 12, bringing the combined total to 5,204,713. For comparison, the 2026 board examinations saw a combined total of 5,337,432 registrations, with 27,61,972 students in Class 10 and 25,75,460 in Class 12.

Officials attribute this decline largely to the high pass percentages achieved in the 2026 examinations, where 90.42% of Class 10 students and 80.38% of Class 12 students pa...