90% students clear WB class 12 board exam

Boys outshone girls in this year's Higher Secondary Examination in West Bengal, the results of which were declared on Wednesday.

That, despite the number of female examinees far outweighing the number of their male counterparts, which is a commendable feat in itself, at the state's school leaving exams which began on Feb 16 this year and concluded 13 days later.

Announcing the results 68 days after the conclusion of exams, the West Bengal Council of Higher Education authorities confirmed that 89.98% of the students have cleared the test this year.

The performance is a marginal jump over last year's pass percentage which stood at 89.

Addressing a press conference, Council President Chiranjib Bhattacharya said that while 88.18% of girls passed the exams, the corresponding figure for boys stood at 92.12%. This year 755,324 students appeared for the class 12 exams.