Girls Outperform Boys in CBSE Board Exams

Students of Balmohan Vidyamandir in Maharashtra (above), and the Lucknow Public School in Uttar Pradesh, celebrate their success after the declaration of the CBSE results for classes 10 and 12 on Tuesday. ANI

- Vrinda Tulsian

NEW DELHI: Girls outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 and 10 board examinations for the academic year 2024-25, results of which were announced on Tuesday, showing a marginal increase in overall pass percentages in both results over last year.

In Class 12, of the 1.69 million students who appeared in the board exams, 1.49 million students, or 88.39%, cleared the exams this year, a marginal increase from last year's pass percentage of 87.98%. The results also showed 91.64% of the girls and 85.70% of the boys clearing the exams.

A total of 111,544 candidates have scored above 90% marks, while 24,867 candidates got over 95% in the Class 12 exams. Last year, the corresponding figures for those scoring over 90% and 95% marks stood at 116,000 and 24,068, respectively. Meanwhile, 129,000 students were placed for compartmental exams, around 7,000 higher than 122,000 last year.

In Class 10, 2.22 million students, or 93.66%, cleared the board exams of the total 2.37 million appeared this year, with the pass percentage increasing slightly from the last year's 93.60%. Here, too, girls out-shone boys with a pass percentage of 95%, as against 92.63% for boys.