More than one and half lakh students have scored a perfect 10 CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) in the CBSE class 10 results, which were declared on Saturday.
A number of 1,68,541 students scored the highest CGPA with the trend of girls outshining boys continuing this year as well.
The CBSE results were announced on Saturday and out of the total 85,316 boys and 83,225 girls achieved the highest score.
While the number of boys, who have scored 10 CGPA is more, girls have done better in terms of pass percentage. Girls have a pass percentage of 96.36 per cent which is better than boys with a pass percentage of 96.11 per cent in the CBSE Class X exam. Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21 which has come down from 97.32 per cent in the previous year.
The differently-abled candidates have also performed well in the exam with 95.18 per cent of them clearing it. In the school categories, the Central Government run Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalayas (JNV) have scored a pass percentage of 98.87 per cent followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV) who have a pass percentage of 98.85 per cent. Independent schools have a pass percentage of 97.72 per cent while Government schools have a pass percentage of 86.61 per cent. According to data shared by CBSE, 85.62 per cent students of Government aided schools have passed.
In terms of scoring a perfect 10 CGPA score, independent schools take the lion’s share with 1,51,061 of their students falling in this category. In 12,719 KV and 3209 JNV students also scored a 10 CGPA. The figures of Government schools in this regard are not as impressive with 1,242 students from Government schools and 307 students from Government aided schools scoring a perfect 10 CGPA. last year, a total of 94,474 students scored a perfect 10 CGPA.