The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday declared Class 10 results of all 10 regions, with girls again performing better than boys.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday declared Class 10 results of all 10 regions, with girls again performing better than boys.
At least 1,68,541 students across the country — 85,316 boys and 83,225 girls scored a perfect 10 Cumulative Grade Point Average or CGPA score in the results.
The number of students getting 10 CGPA has seen a huge jump from last year with a total of 1,68,541 students scoring the perfect grade against previous year’s 94,474. As many as 76,900 students scored 10 CGPA in 2014.
Last year, a total of 94,474 students scored a perfect 10 CGPA, of them 49,392 were boys and 45,082 girls in CBSE results.
While the number of boys, who have scored 10 CGPA is more, girls have done better in terms of pass percentage.
Girls have a pass percentage of 96.36 per cent which is better than boys who had a pass percentage of 96.11 per cent in the CBSE Class 10 exam.
Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21 which has come down from 97.32 per cent in the previous year.
As per the CBSE, the pass percentage of girls stood at 96.36 compared with boys which was 96.11.
However, the overall pass percentage witnessed a decline from 97.32 per cent last year to 96.21 per cent this year.
Region-wise, the Thiruvananthapuram area was ahead of other regions with a pass percentage of 99.87 followed by Chennai region which closely followed with a pass percentage of 99.69 per cent.
Delhi’s private schools outperformed government-run and aided schools by securing a pass percentage of 95.43 per cent. On the other hand, the government and government-aided schools secured 89.13 per cent and 83.56 per cent respectively.
According to statistics released by CBSE, private schools recorded a pass percentage of 95.43 per cent while the same in government and government-aided schools was 89.13 and 83.56 respectively.
However, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalas (JNV) have performed excellently with a pass percentage of perfect 100 followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) securing 99.52 per cent in Delhi region.
Differently-abled candidates also did well in the exam with 95.18 per cent of them clearing it.
Independent schools have a pass percentage of 97.72 per cent while government schools have a pass percentage of 86.61 per cent.
In terms of scoring a perfect 10 CGPA score, independent schools take the lion’s share with 1,51,061 of their students falling in this category. 12,719 KV and 3209 JNV students also scored, a CGPA score of 10.
