CBSE 12th result 2018 declared, 83.01% students pass

The result of the Class 12th Board examination 2018 were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education on Saturday. The pass percentage this year is 83.01% (nearly 1 percentage point increase than 2017’s 82.02%).

Here is the direct link to check.

Meghna Srivastava is the all-India topper with 499 marks out of 500, followed by Anoushka Chandra with 498 out of 500 marks. Seven students with 497 out of 500 marks secured the third position. The first and second all-India toppers for the CBSE class 12 examination are from the humanities stream, said CBSE officials.

Meghna Srivastava scored 99 in English core, 100 in history and geography, and 100 in psychology and economics.

Girls have done better than boys by 9.32 percentage points. Pass percentage for girls is 88.31 and for boys it is 78.99. Trivandrum topped with 97.32% followed by Chennai (93.87%), and Delhi (89%). This year, 72,599 candidates scored 90% and above marks, while 12,737 students have scored 95% and above.

Students can check their results on the official websites of the board: , www.cbse.nic.in and after they are released. You should keep your roll number, school number, date of birth ready before the results are out.

Around 28 lakh students registered to appear for the CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 examinations this year.

More than 16,38,420 candidates registered for the Class 10 exam conducted at 4,453 centres across India and 78 centres abroad. For Class 12, 11,86,306 candidates registered and the exams were held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres outside the country.

CBSE 12th exam results 2018: Steps to check

1) Visit CBSE results website at 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) Click submit

4) Result will be displayed on the screen

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

Last year, around 82% students cleared the Class 12 board examination conducted by CBSE. This was lower than the pass percentage of 2016, which was 83%.

The pass percentage for Delhi region at 86.45 was higher than the national pass percentage. Last year, 87.01% student cleared the exam in the region.

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.