about 9.85 per cent more than last year. Girls continued to fare better than boys with 86.93 per cent clearing the exam as compared to that of boys at 77.83 per cent.
Over 81 per cent students cleared the Class XII CBSE examinations this year. The results were declared across the country on Monday except Patna region, with the total pass percentage standing at 81.71 per cent, an increase of 1.84 per cent over last year.
Among the regions, Chennai region put up the best performance with a pass percentage of 91.32. The pass percentage of regular students stood at 83.66 as compared to 45.41 in case of private / patrachar candidates.
In Delhi, the pass percentage stood at 85.45 per cent. Girls fared much better than boys with 89.72 per cent clearing the exam as against 81.58 per cent for boys.
Among the institutions, students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya put up a good show with 96.89 per cent of them passing the exam. The pass percentage of schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan stood at 93.38. The pass percentage of Government schools stood at 83.98 and Government aided schools at 79.54. The pass percentage of private schools stood at 45.41 per cent.
The CBSE statement said, the facility of verification of marks will also be available to all, with the forms for verification of marks being made available on the Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in.
With the CBSE Class XII results out, the Board has begun the counseling process to help students and parents overcome post-result related stress and anxiety. The counselling will continue upto 6th of next month.
CBSE official said that multiple modes of communication such as telephonic counseling, Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) and CBSE website is being used to reach out to more and more examinees.
This year 36 principals, trained counsellors from CBSE affiliated government and private schools and psychologists will participate in tele-counselling to address psychological problems of the students.
32 of them are available in India while 4 are located in Dubai, Doha Qatar, Kuwait. Students can dial a toll free number 1XXX XX 7002 from any part of the country which will give centralised access to the CBSE helpline.