CBSE Class 12 results 2018 declared: Live updates

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will on Saturday declare the results of Class 12 board examinations. A total of 11,86,306 candidates registered for the Class 12 examination that were held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres outside the country.

Students can check their results on the official websites of the board: www.cbseresults.nic.in, www.cbse.nic.in and www.results.nic.in after they are released.

CBSE Class 12 result 2018: Live updates

12.21pm: CBSE Class 12 board exam results 2018 declared

* Students in Dehradun are already at their schools, accompanied by their friends and family. Chhaya Khanna, principal Scholar’s Home School in Dehradun, said many students wish to be with their teachers when the CBSE result is declared.

* The board exams were marred by controversy this year with incidents of leak of class 10 Mathematics paper and Class 12 Economics paper over social media being reported from different parts of the country, including the national Capital.

The board then decided to conduct a retest for Class 12 Economics paper on April 25 and put in place a special strategy to ensure there was no possibility of a paper leak

* Anil Swarup, secretary (school education and literacy) human resource development ministry tweeted, “All the best to the students who appeared in Class 12 CBSE exams. However, treat the result with equanimity. These exams are not the end of the world. Pat yourself on the back if you have done well. Any perceived failure should make you even more determined to succeed in future.”

* CBSE officials said students can also send a text message on 7738299899 to get their results on their phones. Students from Delhi can call 011-24300699 and students from rest of the country can call 011-24300699 to know the results.

*This year, students will also be able to check their results on Google by searching for CBSE Class 12 result. They will have to key in the required details to login and check their results.

* Around 82% students cleared the Class 12 board examination conducted by CBSE last year.

Last year, girls performed better than boys by 9.5% as out of 4,60,026 girls 87.50% passed and 78% of 6,38,865 boys cleared the exam.

*The pass percentage of disabled students was 86.69, with 2,123 out of 2,449 passing the exams in 2017.

* A Noida girl was the topper in the Class 12 exam and students from Chandigarh were ranked second and third across India.

*Raksha Gopal, who pursued humanities at Amity International School, scored 99.6% marks.

*Science student Bhumi Sawant of DAV School in Chandigarh’s Sector 8 emerged the second topper with 99.4%. Commerce students Aditya Jain and Mannat Luthra of Bhawan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh both bagged 99.2% to become the third topper.

CBSE 12th exam results 2018: Steps to check

1) Visit CBSE results website at http://cbseresults.nic.in/#

1) Click on the link for result 2018

2) Key in the details as required on the login page that opens

3) Submit

4) Result will be displayed on the screen

5) Download the result and take a print out of the same