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With a pass percentage of 96.36%, girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class X exams results of which were declared today.
The boys registered a pass percentage of 96.11%. Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21%, which has come down from 97.32% in the previous year.
Area-wise, the Thiruvanathpuram area was ahead of other regions with a pass percentage of 99.87% followed by Chennai region which had a pass percentage of 99.69%.
A total of 14,91,293 candidates were registered for Class X examination, an increase of about 8.5% candidates over last year.
Category wise, the Central Government run Jawahar Navodyaya Vidyalayas have scored a pass percentage of 98.87% followed by Kendriya Vidyalayas which have a pass percentage of 98.85%.
Independent schools have a pass percentage of 97.72% while government schools recorded a pass percentage of 86.61%.
According to data shared by CBSE, 85.62% students of government aided schools cleared the exam.
