Delhi girl tops CBSE Class XII with 99.2%
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday declared the results for Class XII examination, with 82 per cent students passing the exam and girls faring better than boys. Girls once again outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 87.56 per cent. Boys scored a distant 77.77 per cent only. The overall pass percentage this year was 82 per cent. However, last year it was shade better at 82.70 per cent.
The total pass percentage of girls stood at 87.56 as compared to 77.77 per cent of the boys. Thiruvananthapuram registered the highest pass percentage at 95.41 as compared to other regions of the country.
M Gayatri of New Green Field School, New Delhi has topped the exam in the country securing 99.2 per cent. She scored 496 marks out of 500. While Mythili Mishra of Amity International School, Noida has scored 495 marks out of 500 and hold second All India CBSE rank. The second rank has been shared by three students — Mythili Mishra (Noida), B Arun (Trivandrum) and Saurabh Bhambri (Delhi), scoring 495 marks.
A total of 2,63,361 students, including 1,34,451 boys and 1,28,910 girls, had appeared in the Class XII examination this year. The total number of students who passed the examination is 2,26,830 of which the number of boys who passed is 1,09,701 while that of the girls is 1,17,137.
last year, Delhi region had the ignominy of having the highest number of students caught using unfair means. However, this year the number was comparatively quite low at just 3 such cases. The number of students placed under compartment has decreased this year. last year, a total of 22,594 students were placed under compartment while this year the number stood at 22,198.
The third rank has also been shared by three students Poonam Kumari from Mohindergarh (Haryana), Gurwinder Singh Saini from Jalandhar and N Nishok Kumar from Chennai, who obtained 494 out of 500 marks.
Around 10,40,368 candidates registered for Class XII examination this year, which is 1.2 per cent more comparatively previous year. Students with special needs also performed well in the Class XII examination with 123 of them obtaining above 90 per cent marks.
The compartmental examination will be held on July 16, 2015. A total of 13,284 students in foreign countries had also appeared in the Class XII examination and their pass percentage is 92.31.
“The applications for verification of marks should be made online from May 27 to June 2, fee for which will be Rs300 per subject,” said CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma.
In the category of special candidates, Trivandrum scored highest pass percentage of 94.96, Bhubaneswar scored with 92.11 pass per cent and Allahabad scored 90.91 pass per cent. The pass percentage of foreign students is 92.31.
Photocopies of the evaluated answer sheets will be provided to the candidate(s) requesting for it and only to those candidates who have applied for verification of marks.
Applications will be accepted by the Board from June 13 to June 17, CBSE said in a statement. It also said only those candidates who apply for verification of marks and for obtaining photocopy of the evaluated answer book can apply for re-evaluation in maximum 10 questions each. The re-evaluation of answer books will be available for subjects such as English Core, English Elective (NCERT), English Elective, Hindi Core, Hindi Elective, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Business Studies, Economics and Accountancy. The compartmental examination will be held on July 16, 2015.