The results of the CBSE Class XII in Panchkula region, comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh saw girls outshining boys in overall percentage even as the overall percentage remained at 85.66, an improvement from 83.7 per cent last year.
In this region, Jammu and Kashmir topped with pass percentage of 95.47, followed by Himachal Pradesh (89.94), Punjab (86.33), Haryana (85.40) and Chandigarh (79.35).
Chandigarh was at the bottom in the region with 79.35 pass percentage. A total of 19,717 students appeared for the exam in Chandigarh and 15,645 were declared pass.
In the entire Panchkula region, while girl students have a pass percentage of 90.66, the figure for their male counterparts is 81.85.