CBSE class XII result: Girls fare much better than boys, pass percentage dips

Girls outshone boys yet again in CBSE class XII examination results by a margin of over 9% even, while the overall pass percentage dropped by over one%.

The pass percentage for girls in the results which were announced today was 87.50, while for boys it was 78%. However, the overall pass percentage dropped to 82% from 83.05% last year, according to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials. Noida Girl Raksha Gopal emerged nation-wide topper in the exams with a whopping 99.6%, while the second position was bagged by Chandigarh’s Bhumi Sawant who scored 99.4% mark.

Mannat Luthra and Aditya Jain, also from Chandigarh, jointly bagged the third rank with 99.2% in commerce section. Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar spoke to the toppers and congratulated them on their performance. Trivandrum region recorded the highest pass percentage at 95.62% followed by Chennai (92.60%) and Delhi (88.37%).

This year Delhi’s performance improved by nearly one% as the national capital recorded a pass percentage of 87.01%. Government-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas performed the best with a pass percentage of 95.73%, while the Kendriya Vidyalayas recorded 94.60% success. Private schools’ pass percentage was the lowest at 79.27%. CBSE schools in foreign countries also recorded a pass percentage …read more