The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the results of Class XII examinations on Thursday with Delhi ranking third in terms of pass percentage after Trivandrum and Chennai. The CBSE announced Class XII results on Thursday taking everyone by surprise as there was no prior information about the date on which the results would be declared.
Delhi recorded a pass percentage of 91.87 per cent in the Class XII CBSE examinations, an increase of 2.87 per cent compared to last year. According to CBSE statistics, Delhi recorded a pass percentage of 91.87 per cent. It was 89 per cent last year. The number of students appearing for the Class XII exams also rose from 2,13,487 to 2,38,729.
Virav Jindal and Mehak Talwar made the national Capital proud by scoring 497 out of 500 marks and bagging all India third rank in the exams, results of which were announced on Thursday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia congratulated students on Twitter. “Congratulations parents, students and teachers. Congrats Delhi. It is a matter of pride for Delhi,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Sisodia said, “Congratulations to all the teachers, parents and my dear students. You have made me feel proud”.
In another tweet Sisodia tweeted, “Results of Delhi Government’s schools 2019 — 94.24% 2018 — 90.6% 2017 — 88.2% 2016 — 85.9%. We kept working despite of troubles inflicted by Modi (Prime Minister),”
Meanwhile, students of AMITASHA School (School for Under-privileged girls, run by Amity) ANU and Kajal Kashyap secured 96.60 and 93.2 per cent respectively.
Diya Takyar, student of Amity International School (Pushp Vihar) has secured 91.4 per cent. Diya has been suffering from Disability of Visual Impairment (Tunnel Vision) and can see with only one eye.
Whereas, in Noida Fr Agnel School’s in humanities Aryama Ghosh scored 98.2 per cent while in science stream Bhavya Kansal got 97.6 per cent, Ranjana R Menon scored 97.6 and Prateek Majumdar also scored 97.6 whereas in commerce stream Shreya Katiyar scored 96.2 per cent.
Notably, the CBSE announced the Class XII results way ahead of schedule following a Delhi High Court order to complete the process before the undergraduate admissions begin. CBSE announced the results within 28 days, around three weeks before the usual schedule, as the exams had begun on February 15 had concluded on April 3. The CBSE was also ahead of the ICSE board which announces the results before it every year.
“The Delhi High court had asked all boards to finish the result process before the undergraduate admissions begin so there is no hassle about pending results and students being stuck,” a board official said.
The board had advanced the commencement of the examination by a fortnight this year.