Girls stole a march over boys in the higher secondary (Class XII) examination results of the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) announced today, with the overall pass percentage for regular students being 69.33 per cent.
Mandla resident Samyak Jain of the Science (Mathematics) Group topped scoring 488 out of total 500 in the state.
According to the results announced by the MPBSE, 73.78 per cent regular girl students passed in the exams whereas the figure for boys stood at 65.81.
A total of 5, 57, 922 regular and 1, 84, 422 private students took the examination. Of the results of 5, 56, 537 regular students, 1, 96, 154 students secured first division, 1, 64, 281 students got second division, 26,381 students received third division and 46 students secured pass percentage.
Overall, 3, 86, 862 regular students passed in the examination. Besides, 65,311 students will have to appear in supplementary examination.
Of the results of 1,79,700 private students, 9,013 students secured first division, 33,406 students got second division, 15,210 students received third division and 47 students obtained passing percentage. Thus, 57,676 students passed the examination. Besides, 30,745 students will have to appear in supplementary examinations.
Pass percentage of private students was at 31.27 per cent with 33.07 per cent girls passing in the exams, whereas the figure for boys stood at 30.25 per cent.
The MPBSE also announced the results of blind and deaf-mute students who took the higher secondary examination.
Pass percentage of students in this category was at 51.79 per cent with 60.00 per cent girls passing in the exams, whereas the figure for boys stood at 48.68 per cent.