With a pass percentage of 96.36%, girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class X exams results of which were declared today. The boys registered a pass percentage of 96.11%.
Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21, which has come down from 97.32 % in the previous year.
Area-wise, the Thiruvananthapuram area was ahead of other regions with a pass percentage of 99.87 followed by Chennai region which had a pass percentage of 99.69 %.
A total of 14, 91, 293 candidates were registered for Class X examination, an increase of about 8.5 % candidates over last year.
Category wise, the Central Government run Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalayas have scored a pass percentage of 98.87% followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas which have a pass percentage of 98.85 %.
Independent schools have a pass percentage of 97.72 % while government schools recorded a pass percentage of 86.61%.
According to data shared by CBSE, 85.62 % students of Government aided schools cleared the exam.
A whopping 1,68,541 students across the country - 85,316 boys and 83,225 girls scored a perfect 10 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score in the CBSE Class X exam results of which were announced today.
Last year a total of 94,474 students scored a perfect 10 CGPA, of them 49,392 were boys and 45,082 girls in CBSE results.
