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CBSE results: double delight for Chennai

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Class X pass percentage for girls is 87.96, boys secure 86.46

Gets the highest overall pass percentage of 95.26
Government schools have bettered their record with a pass percentage of 75.31

NEW DELHI: After having topped the regions in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class XII examinations, it is a double delight for Chennai this year as it has obtained the highest overall pass percentage of 95.26 in the Class X results.

There has been an overall increase of 2.64 percentage points from 84.44 per cent in 2007 to 87.08 per cent this year.

For the Chennai region, the results were declared on Tuesday. Results for the other five regions – Delhi, Ajmer, Allahabad, Guwahati and Panchkula – were announced on Thursday.

“Girls have done better than boys. The pass percentage for girls is a high 87.96, while boys have secured 86.46. Last year, there was a neck-and-neck race between the two, but this year girls have surged ahead by 1.5 percentage points,” said CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly at a press conference here on Thursday.

The overall pass percentage of regular students is 88.96 while that of private candidates is 26.34. As for the decline in overall pass percentage of private candidates from last year’s 26.74 per cent, Mr. Ganguly said: “Bulk of these candidates are from Delhi. The Delhi government should give appropriate guidance to these institutions. We have made suggestions to them. There could be a State open school to take care of these students.”

The pass percentage for candidates from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is the highest in the country with a remarkable 97.54 compared with 96.41 in 2007.

Kendriya Vidyalayas have secured an overall 96.07 per cent, up from 95.64 per cent.

However, independent schools have seen a slight dip in their overall pass percentage from 91.81 in 2007 to 91.77 this year.

Government schools have bettered their record across the country with a pass percentage of 75.31 that stood at 70.36 last year.

But government-aided schools have registered a small decline from 72.66 per cent in 2007 to 72.57 this year.

A total of 1,419 students appeared for the Class X examination in the special category.

“The pass percentage of these candidates this year is 87.50 per cent, which is even better than the national average.

As many as 19 students have scored more than 90 per cent, which includes two candidates from Delhi. The number of 90 per cent scorers in the special category is the highest in Chennai,” said Mr. Ganguly.

Merit certificates

The CBSE is awarding 11,249 merit certificates this year, the highest number – 2,647 – being in Mathematics followed by 2,610 in Social Sciences.

As many as 29,936 students have scored more than 90 per cent while 2,589 children have achieved 95 per cent and above.

There have been several students who have obtained a perfect score in various subjects.

In Maths, as many as 2,647 achieved cent per cent marks. In Social Science and Science, 598 and 287 candidates got a perfect 100 respectively.

“The initial feedback has been that the mean marks in different subjects have improved and there has been a good average performance. The pass percentages have increased in the three subjects in which High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) was introduced (Maths, Science, Social Science),” said the CBSE chairperson.

The Board was thinking of extending HOTS to languages and other subjects as well, he said.

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