Along with a high pass percentage, the results also show that many students have scored in a very high range. Four students — three girls and one boy — are tied for the top position, all having an English plus best 4 subjects score of 99.8 per cent. The four all-India toppers are Hargun Kaur Matharu from St Mary’s School in Pune, Anika Gupta from Sheiling House School in Kanpur, Pushkar Tripathi from Jesus and Mary School and college Balrampur and Kanishka Mittal from City Montessori School in Kanpur.
A total of 2,31,063 candidates from 2535 schools across the country and abroad had appeared in these examinations, of whom 2,31,004 — or 99.97 per cent of candidates — passed.
Girls have performed marginally better than boys with girls with high pass percentages across the board: 99.98 per cent girls and 99.97 per cent boys have passed. Again, while all regions recorded high pass percentages, the Southern and Western regions have the best percentages of 99.9 per cent.
While the CISCE board did not conduct board examinations in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic, in 2020 the class X pass percentage had stood at 99.33 per cent.
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Students can apply for a recheck of their semester 2 results through their heads of schools on the ‘Recheck module’ which has been activated. The board will charge Rs. 1000 for rechecking per paper per subject.
Sukrita Baruah is a Principal Correspondent for The Indian Express, based in Guwahati. From this strategic hub, she provides comprehensive, ground-level coverage of India's North East, a region characterized by its complex ethnic diversity, geopolitical significance, and unique developmental challenges.
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