Girls have once again outperformed boys in this year’s ICSE Class X examinations, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. In all, 98.79 per cent of girls and 97.88 per cent of boys cleared the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) examination. The pass percentage last year was 98.78 per cent for girls and 97.73 per cent for boys.
In the Delhi NCR region as well, girls achieved a pass percentage of 99.83 as compared to boys who achieved a pass percentage of 99.50. Two students topped the region, Riya Singh of Holy Angels School, Sahibabad, and Sajal Gupta of St Paul’s Academy, Ghaziabad, with 97.80 per cent. Mayank Singh Chauhan of Holy Angels School, Sahibabad, stood second with 97.6 per cent. The pass percentage of Delhi NCR was 99.65 per cent. All Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in the region achieved a 100 per cent pass percentage while OBC students achieved a 99.41 pass percentage.
Giving a region-wise break-up of the pass percentage, Arathoon said that the southern part of the country had achieved the best showing with a 99.59 per cent pass rate. The western region secured a pass percentage of 99.41 per cent while the performance of Delhi-NCR was 99.65 per cent. Girls performed better than boys in Delhi-NCR, with 99.83 per cent of them clearing the exam. The pass percentage for boys stood at 99.50 per cent.
As many as 1,49,087 students took the Class X exam this year with the overall pass percentage standing at 98.28 per cent, said Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, which conducted the examinations.