CBSE results: double delight for Chennai

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.