Delhi Stands at Third Position in CBSE Class XII Exam

School Children of a School in New Delhi. Photo by Rakesh Raman

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared Class XII results Saturday. Trivandrum performed best amongst all regions with 97.32% pass percentage followed by Chennai region with 93.87% while Delhi stands at third position with 89% pass percentage.

Total 11,06,772 students appeared in the exam out of which 9,18,763 students passed the exam. Overall pass percentage of this year is 83.01% which is nearly 1% more than last year.

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Meghna Shrivastava of Step by Step School, Sec-132, Taj Expressway, Noida, topped with 499 marks out of 500.

Total pass percentage of boys is 78.99% while pass percentage of girls is 88.31% which is 9.32% better than boys.

Moreover, 72,599 students scored more than 90% while 12,737 students scored more than 95% in this exam. This year CBSE conducted Class XII exam from 5th March, 2018 to 27th April, 2018.