Once again girls have outshone the boys in the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) Class XII results with 88.70 pass percentage. The pass percentage for boys stands at 79.40 per cent. Transgenders have a pass percentage of 83.3 per cent, a senior board official said on Thursday while announcing the results.
Hansika Shukla, a student of Delhi Public School, Meereut Road, Ghaziabad, and Karishma Arora from Muzzaffarnagar are joint all-India toppers scoring 499 marks out of 500.
The second position has also been shared by three girl students Gaurangi Chawla from Rishikesh, Aishwarya, Rae Bareli, and Bhavya from Jind Haryana. All three secured 498 marks.
Eighteen students, who scored 497 out 500, secured third position. Of these, two students Mehak Talwar and Veeraj Jindal are from Delhi.
Schools in Delhi have shown improvement in the results with an increase of two per cent at 91.87 in comparison with last year’s pass percentage of 89
Differently-abled candidates performed well in the exam with 86.69 pass prcentage. According the CBSE, there is a 0.39 percentage increase in the results across India this year. The overall pass percentage this year is 83. 40, while it was 83.01 per cent last year.
The pass percentage in Government schools is 87.17 per cent, while that in the Government-aided and the private schools stood at 96.06 per cent.
Region wise, Trivandrum and Chennai secured the top two positions with 98.20 and 92.80 pass percentage. Delhi secured the third position with a pass percentage of 91.87.
Among the candidates with special need, Lavannya Balakrishnan from the Heritage School, Gurugram topped with a score of 489 out 500 marks.
The second position has been shared by three students Nimmi Ved, Kerala, Nishchay Kohli from Delhi and Shreyansh Amit Shah with scoring 485 out 500 marks. The third position has been shared by three students with 484 marks out 500.
About 15,693 students scored above 95 per cent. While a total number of 94,299 candidates have scored between 90 to 95 per cent. However, a total of 99,207 students have been placed in compartment. “The date for compartment exam will be announced soon”, said the CBSE official.
A total 12.05 lakh candidates had appeared for the examination and an increase of 0.39 per cent in the pass percentage has been registered. Students from 12,441 schools had appeared for the exam at 4627 centres, CBSE said in an official statement .
Kendriya Vidyalayas have achieved the best pass percentage at 98.54 per cent followed by Navodaya Vidyalyas at 96.62 per cent.
While 17,693 students scored above 95 per cent, 94,299 students scored between 90-95 per cent marks. A total of 99,207 students have been placed in compartment.