Girls outshone boys in the class 12 examination, results of which were announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday, recording an increase of over 5 per cent in pass percentage against last year.
New Delhi:
Lucknow girl Divyanshi Jain, scored 600 marks out of 600 and secured 100% marks. The 18-year-old appeared for the exam of all subjects except Geography, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. A history buff, she wants to pursue the subject for her further studies. The board decided against coming up with any merit list amid the exceptional circumstances arising out of the COVID-19. The board also decided to replace the term “fail” with “essential repeat”. Accordingly, the term “fail” will not figure in result documents issued to the candidates as well as those hosted on the board website.
Girls outperformed boys by 5.96 per cent. While the pass percentage of girls is 92.15 per cent, that of boys is 86.19 per cent, this year. The transgenders have recorded a pass percentage of 66.67 per cent. The overall pass percentage increased by 5.38 per cent as against last year. While 83.40 per cent of students had cleared the exams last year, 88.78 per cent of students have cleared the exam this year. Over 1.57 lakh students have scored above 90 per cent, while over 38,000 have scored more than 95 per cent marks. A total of 11.92 lakh candidates had appeared for the class 12 examination. The Thiruvananthapuram region recorded the highest pass percentage at 97.67 while the Patna region recorded the lowest at 74.57 per cent. “The results of 400 students, however, could not be computed as per the scheme and will be announced later,” a senior board official said.