83.05 per cent of students clear CBSE class 12 exams

Chennai: Of 10.65 lakh students who wrote the CBSE class 12 exams this year, 83.05 per cent of them were successful. As usual, girls outperformed boys this year too with 88.58 per cent clearing the exam against boys 78.85 per cent.

Thiruvananthapuram region recorded the highest pass percentage CBSE class XII exams compared to other regions with 97.61per cent followed by Chennai region which recorded 92.63 per cent. Chennai region comprises six states including Tamil Nadu and three union territories.

Of 13,625 students who sat for the exam in Tamil Nadu, 13,180 were successful (96.73 per cent). Though Chennai region achieved a slight increase in the pass percentage (1.49 per cent) compared to last year, performance of Tamil Nadu students has witnessed a slight decrease of  0.55 per cent.

For the fourth consecutive year, Delhi students secured the top rank. Sukriti Gupta from Ashok Vihar in Delhi scored 497 marks out of 500.  Ajish Sekar wants to become a software engineer. He is preparing for IIT entrance exam JEE (Advanced) which is scheduled for tomorrow.

“I expected 480 marks and above. But I didn’t expect 495 marks. My school informed me that I secured the third rank at the all India level. I was surprised,” he said. He likes playing video games during free time. He secured 100 marks in
Maths, 99 in Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science, and 98 in English.
His father was a retired software professional.

His mother works as a Montessori trainer at Hariri Vidyalaya at RA Puram. His brother Anish completed engineering course. Topper Bharath Venkateswaran secured centum in Maths and Physics. In Chemistry and Computer Science he scored 99 and in English, 97 marks.  He said the centum in Maths  surprised him. “This year Maths paper was bit unconventional and tough. So I expected 485-490 marks.” His father P.Venkateswaran is working in Singapore and mother Shanthi is a homemaker.

Ashwin Tunga from Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School at
Chetpet scored 492 out of 500 marks. He also secured full marks in Maths. When contacted, he said Maths was tougher than usual, but he was expecting centum in the subject. He wants to pursue computer science engineering.