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The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE today announced results for the class X examination. The pass percentage in CBSE Class X exam declined to 90.95 per cent from 96.21 per cent last year, registering a dip of over 5 per cent. Trivandrum region has highest pass percentage at 99.85, followed by Chennai at 99.62 and Allahabad at 98.23 per cent.
Overall, boys outdid girls by 0.9 percent this year, bettering last year’s results when girls beat boys by close to 10 percent. A total 93.4 percent of boys passed the exams this year across the region in comparison to girls, for whom the tally stood at 92.5 percent.
Nearly 16.67 lakh students appeared for the examination this year.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, extended his congratulations to the students who have successfully passed the CBSE Class X exams. He gave his best wishes for their journey ahead.
