The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results were announced on Monday for seven regions across the country, ending days of anxiety for Std XII students. After a dip in the pass percentage last year, it escalated again, by nearly 2%, in 2011.
The total number of candidates who appeared this year was about 7.7 lakh, which is 9.85% more than 2010. The overall pass percentage was 81.71, an increase of 1.84% over last year, when the percentage had fallen to 79.87.
The total number of candidates who appeared this year was about 7.7 lakh, which is 9.85% more than 2010. The overall pass percentage was 81.71, an increase of 1.84% over last year, when the percentage had fallen to 79.87.
“Students have performed extremely well this year. It is one of the best academic performances to date. But there is no single reason for their success. Students have become more intelligent, and can understand the subject matter better,” said Vineet Joshi, chairman, CBSE board.
Also, once again, the Chennai region, under which Maharashtra falls, topped the list of overall pass percentages, with 91.32, followed by Ajmer with 85.5. Delhi stood third with a pass percentage of 85.45. While more boys appeared for the exam from the Chennai region,girls scored better.
Nearly 33,887 boys appeared against 27, 450 girls, but the pass percentage of girls remained higher than boys — 86.93 and 77.83 respectively. “CBSE cannot disclose the name of the regional toppers as it is against our policy. The names will be given out by the schools,” said a CBSE spokesperson.
City students, too, came out with flying colours. There was a tie for the highest scorer in the city — between Shreeram Radhakrishnan from Apeejay School, Nerul, and EA Nasrin Jaleel from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Powai — as both scored 97.6% in the science stream.Radhakrishnan scored full marks (100) in mathematics, and notched up an almost perfect score in physics, chemistry and computer science as well.
“Since the last few days, I have been running high fever and when the results were declared I wasn’t in the state to react or express joy. But now I am feeling on the top of the world,” he said.
Shreya Bhargava from RN Podar School, Santa Cruz, bagged the highest score in commerce stream with a neat 97.4%. “I was very regular and used to attend all my classes. I took no tuitions and kept a proper balance between studies and other co-curricular activities,” she said.
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