The result of the class XII examination of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) brought smiles on the faces of the students, teachers and their parents. The overall pass percentage of the students of Dehradun region of CBSE was 73.10.
The region covers CBSE schools of 22 districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and 13 districts of Uttarakhand. Incidentally, the All India topper of CBSE was from Dehradun region of CBSE. Raksha Gopal of Amity International School sector 44- Noida topped the country in arts stream; she scored 498 marks out of 500. The girls again outsmarted boys with a pass percentage of 81.50, only 67.80 percent of boys passed the examination.
A look on the examination results reveal that the performance of the students of Kendriya Vidhyalayas and Navodaya Vidhyalayas was better than the private schools which normally charge hefty fees from the students. The performance of the students of Dehradun and Uttarkhand in Dehradun region of CBSE shows that the all famed schools were outperformed by the school of NOIDA and Ghaziabad district. No student of Dehradun or Uttarakhand could find a place in top ten ranks.
The Regional officer (RO) of CBSE Dehradun Ranvir Singh said that the results of this year are better as compared with last year. He said tghat 109665 students were registered for the examination out of which 1000531 students were regular while 9164 students were private . In the examination 2314 students remained absent while 75767 passed the examination.