CBSE board exam results: Over 93 pc clear Class 10, Class 12 pass percentage 87.98 pc

 

 

 

GIRLS continued to outshine boys in CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12 while pass percentage and the number of students scoring above 90 and 95 per cent witnessed marginal increases from last year. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exam results for classes 10 and 12 were announced on Monday. The pass percentage in Class 10 stood at 93.60, a rise of 0.48 percentage points from last year. The pass percentage in the Class 12 exam saw a marginal increase of 0.65 percentage points from last year to 87.98. CBSE officials attributed the rise in pass percentage to an increase in the number of competency-based questions in the exams this year. A similar trend was witnessed in the number of students who scored above 90 per cent and 95 per cent marks.

 

In Class 12, a total of 1.16 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and 24,068 above 95 per cent. Among the students who scored above 90 per cent, 262 are from the Children With Special Needs (CSWN) category. Forty-three students from the CSWN category have scored above 95 per cent. Last year, 1.12 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and 22,622 above 95 per cent. In Class 10, more than 47,000 students scored above 95 per cent and over 2.12 lakh above 90 per cent. Last year, 1.95 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and 44,297 above 95 per cent. The CBSE has announced that there will be no merit list to “avoid unhealthy competition”. Officials said the board has also decided to scrap awarding first, second and third divisions based on students’ scores. “According to the earlier decision of the board to avoid unhealthy competition among students, the CBSE has not published the merit list.

 

However, the board will issue merit certificates to 0.1 per cent of students who have scored the highest marks in the various subjects,” said CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj. The CBSE also announced that it will conduct board exams for classes 10 and 12 for the 2024-25 academic session from February 15. Class 10, 12 supplementary exams to be conducted from July 15: CBSE: THE supplementary exams for classes 10 and 12 will be conducted from July 15, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials announced on Monday. Over 1.32 lakh candidates have been placed in the supplementary category or compartment in class 10, while the number of such candidates in class 12 is over 1.22 lakh.