CBSE class 12 exams results out; all India topper scores 499

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday released the results of its Class XII examinations.

With 499 marks out of 500, Meghna Srivastava from Step By Step School of Gautam Budh Nagar is the all India topper.

The overall pass percentage is 83.01%. It was 82.02% last year. Candidates numbering 11,84,386 had registered to take the examinations that were held in 4,145 centres.

Meghna Srivastava, all-India CBSE 2018 class 12 topper, of Step By Step School of Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida, May 26, 2018   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Girls have yet again outperformed boys this year. Their pass percentage is 88.31%, against 78.99% of boys.

The Thiruvananthapuram region tops the list with a pass percentage of 97.32%. It is followed by Chennai (93.87%) and Delhi (89%). Last year, it was 88.37% in Delhi.  

The performance of the candidates from foreign schools has also improved, with a pass percentage of 94.94%. Last year, it was 92.02%.

This year, there was a hiccup in the form of paper leaks, and the Board conducted a retest of the Economics paper on April 25. Students across the country protested following the paper leak and an uncertainty on a retest spread confusion during the examinations.

The CBSE also postponed the examinations scheduled to be held on April 2 in Punjab at the request of the State government in view of a ‘Bharat bandh’ called by several Dalit organisations against the alleged “dilution” of the SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The examinations had begun on March 5.