CBSE Class XII results declared

Tribune School Desk

Girls have again outshone boys by nearly six percentage points in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII results declared here on Monday.

While the girls scored 92.15 pass per cent, the boys trailed behind at 86.19 per cent.

The overall pass percentage for Class XII this year is 88.78 per cent, which is 5.38 per cent higher than the pass percentage of the 2019 academic session.

Over 88 per cent students out of the 11,92,961 who appeared for the exams have passed. 

The Board records an increase of 5.38% in pass percentage in Class XII exams. However, this year it won’t declare the merit list. As per the four-pointer scheme, marks have been awarded on basis of marks scored by a student in his or her best performing subjects. The results of 400 students could not be computed as per decided assessment scheme, those will be announced later.

The CBSE analysis further shows that Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalavas (JNV) continue to top the CBSE affiliated schools when it comes to merit. 

The JNV system has posted a CBSE Class XII pass percentage of a whopping 98.70 per cent followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas at 98.62 per cent, government schools at 94.94 per cent, government-aided at 91.56 per cent and independent at 88.22 per cent.

Children with special needs have also posted a good performance by scoring 91.68 per cent.

Dear Students, Parents and Teachers!@cbseindia29 has announced the results of Class XII and can be accessed at https://t.co/kCxMPkzfEf.

We congratulate you all for making this possible. I reiterate, Student's health & quality education are our priority.

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) July 13, 2020

Only 3.24 per cent of the candidates, who took the exams this year, have scored more than 95 per cent marks as against 13.24 per cent, who have scored more than 90 per cent.

Among children with special needs, a total of 2,536 registered for the test. Of them, 243 have scored over 90 per cent and 42 over 95 per cent.

The percentage of students, who have got compartments, has reduced from 8.23 last year to 7.35 pc this year.

Among the CBSE regions, Trivandrum has posted the top merit pass percentage of 97.67 per cent followed by Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi west, Delhi east, Panchkula, Chandigarh, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Pune, Ajmer, Noida, Guwahati, Dehradun, Prayagraj and Patna.

Panchkula with 92.52 per cent and Chandigarh 92.04 per cent have been placed at sixth and seventh position in the merit list for the 13 CBSE regions.

Patna with a pass percentage of 74.57 per cent is the lowest-performing CBSE region this year in Class 12 results.

The CBSE has not announced any merit list this year. Following the declaration of results, the CBSE Chairman has also congratulated students for their accomplishment in the Senior Secondary Exams 2020.

Students can see results online at http://cbseresults.nic.in

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