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ICSE students outperform CBSE’s
TNS & Agencies

Chandigarh, May 19
The CBSE today declared the Class XII results for Ajmer, Panchkula and Chennai regions. While 77.7 per cent students passed the examination in Panchkula, 95 per cent students cleared the exam in the Ajmer region. The highest percentage in the Chennai region is 92.78 per cent.

CBSE Class XII Panchkula region pass percentage 77 pc Govt schools’ (Pkl region) success rate is 79.47 pc while independent schools’ 77.61 pc ICSE Class XII pass percentage is 97.11 pc; Class X 98.3 pc

The overall pass percentage recorded for the Panchkula region comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir is down by 3 per cent against 80 per cent last year.

The overall pass percentage of boys is 73.51 per cent that is 10 per cent lesser than girls. Out of 1,12,000 candidates appeared from the Panchkula zone, 83.48 per cent of girls passed the examination as compared to the 73.51 per cent boys.

The school-wise analysis reveals that the Navodya Vidyalya group is leading the chart with 95.02 per cent which is followed by the Kendriya Vidyalya group with a pass percentage of approximately 90.96 per cent. Government schools recorded an over all pass percentage of 79.47 per cent while independent schools recorded 77.61 per cent.

While academicians are offering different reasons for the dip in results, CBSE officials hold the poor attendance rate of boys in schools as the key reason for them securing lower results.

“It has been found that boys were skipping their normal classes in the name of extra tuitions, outside the schools which could be the possible reasons for poorer result,” said DR Yadav, Regional Director, CBSE

Yadav said: “It is after a very long spell that the result of government schools was better than private schools. In wake of the skyrocketing prices, a large number of students were shifting to government schools”.

Meanwhile, girls outshone boys in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) exams for Classes X and XII.

The pass percentage of girls in Class X was 98.77 per cent against 97.95 for boys, an official release from the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts these examinations, said.

Similarly, the passing rate of girls stood at 98.26 per cent in Class XII while it was 96.17 per cent in case of boys.

Toppers in both classes were girls, it added.

The passing percentage for Class XII is up by 0.03 at 97.11 per cent. For Class X students, the pass percentage is 98.3, 0.26 per cent more than last year's.

The release said 55,760 students took the Class XII exams and 1,12,820 students took the Class X exams of the council. The results are available on the CISCE's website.

The results CBSE Class XII for the Delhi region will be announced on May 22. The results will be available on the board's website after 8 a.m. The CBSE has made special arrangements for quick access of results.

Schools can get the results of all students by registering their specific code number and e-mail-id on the website.

Students can also get the results on their email address by registering themselves on www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in or www.cbse.nic.in.