New Delhi,23 May:There was a marginal increase in the pass percentage of the Class XII examination conducted by the CBSE, with 80.91 per cent of the candidates clearing the exam, as girls yet again outdid the boys.
The overall pass percentage increased to 80.91 per cent from last year’s 80.64 per cent, CBSE Chairman Ashok Ganguly told reporters in New Delhi.
The pass percentage of girls was 85.44 against 77.59 of boys, Ganguly said.
While the results of the Chennai, Panchkula and Ajmer regions had been declared on May 21, those of the Delhi, Allahabad and Guwahati regions were announced today.
A total of 384 candidates secured more than 95 per cent of marks, out of whom 193 were girls and 191 boys.
In all, 8,252 students scored more than 90 per cent marks, while there were 8,111 students in this category last year. They included 4,190 girls and 4,062 boys.
"The girls have been doing better than boys for the last several years. It shows they are more focused and concentrate better," Ganguly said.
Last year, the pass rate of girls was 85.02 per cent against 77.37 per cent for boys.
Out of the six exam regions, Chennai topped the list with a pass percentage of 91.39 per cent followed by Ajmer (85.18 per cent), Delhi (83.69), Panchkula (80.80), Allahabad (75.23) and Guwahati (63.24).
Except for the Allahabad and Panchkula regions, which recorded a dip in their pass percentage, all other regions improved their results this year.
A total of 5,49,344 candidates registered for the exam conducted in March.
Navodaya Vidyalayas recorded a pass percentage of 92.44 followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas (91 per cent), government schools (81.96 per cent) and independent schools (81.68 per cent), Ganguly said.
In Delhi, a total of 1,61,712 students had appeared for the exam and 1,35,339 of them could clear it.
A total of 1,694 students in Delhi, including 954 girls and 740 boys, secured more than 90 per cent marks.
About 88,183 girls have secured more than 60 per cent marks this year.
Students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have fared better in this year’s examination, Ganguly said.
While the pass percentage of SC students was 81.44 per cent, that of ST students increased from 60.17 per cent last year to 66.04 per cent this year.
There were 444 physically challenged candidates and over 86 per cent of them got through the exam. Five of them could secure more than 90 per cent of marks.
Altogether 4,548 students were awarded merit certificates as they figured among top 0.1 per cent of the successful candidates in each subject.
The CBSE for the first time had changed the typology of questions by introducing more analytical questions.
"The questions focused on the understanding of the students. The results show that the students were thorough on the textbooks," Ganguly said.
There were 49 cases of malpractice in the exams, of which 23 were reported from Allahabad region.
Students could secure full marks in 24 subjects from among 126 subjects in the test.