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Thursday, May 27, 2004

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Chennai region tops in CBSE Class XII exams

By Lakshmi B. Ghosh

NEW DELHI, MAY 26. Chennai has once again emerged the topper in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-conducted Class XII examinations this year, beating all other regions in not just the highest pass percentage, but also as the only one in the country to record no cheating cases for the second consecutive year.

The CBSE announced the results of the Class XII examinations of the Delhi-Allahabad region covering seven States early on Wednesday morning. Though nearly 7.4 per cent more students took the examinations across the country compared to last year, the national pass percentage stood at 76 this time round, a rise of just 2.41 per cent over last year. Introduction of scanned admit cards and attendance sheets has clearly had a positive effect with cheating cases dropping from 85 last year to 43 this year. Delhi continued to be the ``topper'' in this respect with nearly 20 cases reported from here.

Chennai emerged on top with the highest pass percentage of 90.51, with Ajmer, Chandigarh, Delhi, Allahabad and Guwahati occupying the remaining positions in that order. Girls outscored boys yet again their pass percentage being 82.28 compared to 71.29 of the boys. Regular students were again far ahead of their private counterparts, with the former scoring 80.36 per cent as against the latter's 30.86 per cent.

Nearly 3,231 students have made it to the merit list this year, with as many as 166 students securing 95 per cent and above and 2,826 students scoring above 90 per cent. Nearly 193 students scored a cent per cent in the much dreaded mathematics, while chemistry saw the highest number of students, 755, getting 98 per cent and 329 got 97 per cent in physics. Not everyone may have a flair for English, but 407 students across the country scored 94 per cent in the subject, while business studies saw 336 students get 97 per cent to enter the merit list.

In the case of students falling under the special category, this year saw nearly 436 of the 568 such students clearing the examinations. While 102 of these students are blind, 70 were dyslexic, 249 handicapped, eight spastic and seven deaf.

In the case of categorised institutions, the Kendriya Vidyalayas improved their tally from last year's 88.57 per cent to 92.62 per cent this time round, while the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have also seen a rise from 85.26 per cent to 87.68 per cent. Showing signs of improvement are also government schools that have this year scored a pass percentage of 73.15 as against last year's 65.27, with government-aided schools too improving from 76.28 per cent last time to 77.15 per cent this year.

In the case of private and patrachar students, the all-India figure is 30.86, a slight improvement over last year's 30.34 per cent. Not surprisingly, the number of students placed in compartment has seen a drop from 12.59 to 12.07 per cent.

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