The results of the class 10 examinations of this year conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) were announced on Thursday. The pass percentage of the Bhubaneswar region was 99.37.
Girl students outshone boys again in the eastern region. The girls’ pass percentage was 99.48 against 99.30 for boys. The Government educational institutions performed better than private institutions. Students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas did well as their pass percentage was 99.67 while the pass percentage of the private educational institutions was 99.45.
According to CBSE Regional Officer AS Burma Rao, around 50,000 students of Odisha had appeared at the examinations in the Bhubaneswar zone that includes three States, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattishgarh.