Raipur: Results of examinations conducted for classes 10 and 12 by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) were declared on Tuesday, with girls outshining boys in the overall pass percentage.
A girl topped with 100 per cent marks in class 10, which an official said is the first such instance of a student scoring full marks in the CGBSE exam for class 10.
The results were declared by Education Minister Premsai Singh Tekam here in the presence of senior officials of the department.
The total pass percentage of students who appeared in class 12 exam was 78.59 per cent and 73.62 per cent for class 10.
In class 12, girls have recorded a pass percentage of 82.02 per cent as against 74.70 per cent of boys.
In class 10 also, girls outshone boys with the pass percentage of 76.28 per cent while the pass percentage for boys stood at 70.53 %.
Last year, the total pass percentage of students who had appeared in class 12 exam was 78.43 per cent while it was 68.20 per cent for class 10, an Education department official said.
This year, a total of 2,75,736 students, including 1,29,315 boys and 1,46,421 girls, had appeared in the CGBSE's Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination (class 12).
The class 10 examination was attempted by 3,84,761 students, including 1,78,079 boys and 2,06,682 girls.
Girls and boys shared equal positions in the merit list of the examinations for classes 10 and 12.