Panchkula Region stands second highest in the country with overall pass percentage of 99.45 per cent in class 10 examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), declared here on Thursday. Chennai got the first position in ranking with 99.80 per cent.
Delhi stands seventh with a pass percentage of 98.40 percent in this examination. Ajmer got 99.38 percent followed by Bhubaneswar with 99.37 percent, Patna with 99.30 percent and Allahabad with 99.17 percent. The Guwahati region is at the bottom of the table with a pass percentage of 90.93.
RJ Khanderao, Regional Officer, CBSE told The Pioneer that Panchkula Region covers States including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh (UT). 1, 80,271 candidates appeared in this examination with 1, 11090 boys and 69,181 girls.
“Girls again performed little better than boys this time with marginal difference — a pass percentage of girls is 99.30 percent as compared to 98.68 percent for boys”, said Khaderao.
Regarding Govt. schools and Govt. aided pass percentage, again girls with 99.49 passed the exam as compared to boys with 99.40, similarly, in independent private schools, girls got 99.81 pass percentage whereas boys got 99.54, in Central Tibetans schools also, pass percentage of girls remained ahead with 99.79 and while boys stood at 99.60 per cent.
In Jawaharlal Navodya Vidyalaya’s pass percentage, girls again got 99.82 as compare to boys at 99.80 and in Kendriya Vidyalya schools boys remained slightly ahead with 99.57 and girls got 99.56 pass percentage, added Khanderao.
Some schools also followed grading system in this examination in this region.