CBSE announces class 12 results; 87.98% students pass exams with girls outshining boys
The Hindu
CBSE Results 2024 declared: 87.98% students pass exams with girls outshining boys. Over 24,000 candidates scored above 95% and over 1.16 lakh above 90%.
The Central Bureau of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared class 12 board exam results on May 13.
87.98% students passed the board exams and the pass percentage was up by 0.65 since last year. Girls outshone boys by over 6.40 percentage points. Over 91% girls passed the exams.
Over 24,000 candidates scored above 95% and over 1.16 lakh above 90%. More than 1.22 lakh candidates have been placed in ‘compartment’. The number this year is slightly less than that of last year, officials said.
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This time, more than 16.21 lakh candidates appeared for the exam which was conducted at 7,126 centres.
(With PTI inputs)
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