Girls beat boys yet again as the results of the Indian School Certificate (ISC) and the Indian Council of Secondary Examination (ICSE) were declared on Wednesday. While the overall pass percentage for Class X result was 96, that for Class XII was 93.5 with girls faring better than boys in both.
Girls have done remarkably well in these exams. On an average, for every 56 boys, there were 44 girls but, despite being less in number, they have secured a higher pass percentage, said Rita Wilson, deputy secretary, ICSE.
Girls appearing for the ICSE had a pass percentage of 96.93 whereas boys had a pass percentage of 95.29. So, of the total of 51,714 boys who appeared for the examination, 49,277 were awarded the pass certificate. And, of a total 40,067 girls who appeared for the exam, 38,837 were awarded the pass certificate.
Their ISC counterparts too, fared better than the boys. The pass percentage for ISC girls was 95.96, as opposed to 91.64 secured by the boys. Of the total 24,227 boys who took the exam, 22,201 passed, whereas amongst the total 18,807 girls, as many as 18,048 were awarded pass certificates.
Meanwhile, the highest pass percentage for Class X was 97.60 and the highest for Class XII was 98.25. Also, the average pass percentage for Class X was 96 an improvement of 1.97% from last year. The total pass percentage for Class XII at 93.53% was the same as last year.
Also, ICSE students in the SC, ST and OBC category had a pass percentage of 92.39, 92.77 and 95.62 respectively. ISC students in the same categories had a pass percentage of 91.29, 87.67 and 93.56 respectively.
The zonal break up for ICSE is as follows: the west zone topped the list with 98.59%. The rest of the zones scored an average pass percentage of 95.28 (east zone), 98.07 (south) and 94.41 (north). In ISC, the highest average pass percentage was secured by south zone at 98.99 followed by west at 96.72, east with 93.22 and north at 93.01.
In Delhi, Shriram School and Shriram School Araval-li got a pass percentage of 100 in both ISC and ICSE. The highest score in Shriram School Aravalli was 95.4% in Class X.
In Shriram School, the highest score was 93.5% in commerce.
Results can also be obtained by logging on www.cisce.indiaresults.com, www.cisce.lifesets.com and www.cisce.examresults.net.
A total of 1,34,815 students appeared in the Board examinations, of which a whopping 49.9% opted to know their results through 8888.
Source: The Times of India
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