Hugs, selfies: CBSE Class 10 students celebrate success

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today declared the class 10 results at 12 pm.

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Over 57,000 students have scored above 95 per cent marks in class 10 while the number of candidates scoring between 90 and 95 per cent has gone up to over two lakh, according to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The number of students in the two categories has increased by over 38 per cent and nine per cent respectively since last year.

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The pass percentage of government-run schools is at 96.03 and govt-aided schools at 95.88 per cent. The Central Tibetan School Administration schools were at first place with 100 per cent pass percentage, while independent schools or private schools registered a pass percentage of 99.57 per cent.

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Girls have been the better performers gender-wise, with as many as 99.24 per cent of girls who appeared for the exam could clear the exam, while for boys the pass percentage is at 98.89%. For transgender students, however, have performed the best recording a 100% pass percentage.

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Among regions, Trivandrum has again emerged as the top-performer. This year, it has observed a near perfect pass percentage of 99.99 per cent. Trivandrum emerged as the top performer in 2020 as well with 99.28 pass percentage. In 2019, it had witnessed an all-time high pass percentage of 99.85.

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