CBSE class 12 result: Students scoring over 95% marks double in a year

This year, students were evaluated as per an alternative assessment scheme, after the pending exams were cancelled in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases

The number of students scoring over 95 per cent in class 12 exam this year is more than double the 2019 figure of 17,693, according to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

In 2020, a year when the examinations were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, this figure more than doubled, with 38,686 students scoring above 95 per cent.

Similarly, the number of students who scored above 90 per cent also increased from about 94,000 students in 2019 to almost 160,000 in 2020.

A total of 11,92,000 candidates appeared for the examination, the results of which were announced on Monday.