The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) on Sunday declared results of the Class 12 examination, with girls again outshining boys.
The overall pass percentage is 97.43 percent, with girls' percentage pegged at 98.06 percent against the boys’ 96.69, an official communication said.
School Education Minister Premsai Singh Tekam, who announced the results of CGBSE Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination here, said 289,023 students registered for the exams and 286,850 appeared.
Of these, results of 284,107 students were declared and 276,817 (97.43 percent) passed.
Of those who passed, 271,155 (95.44 percent) qualified in Grade I category, 5,570 aspirants passed in Grade II and 79 in Grade III, which is 1.63 percent and 0.03 percent respectively.
Due to the pandemic, the students collected the question papers from centres, took them home and submitted the answer sheets within five days.