CISCE board results: Girls outshine boys by small margin

New Delhi, April 30: Girls outshone boys yet again in the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) class 10 and 12 exam results declared on Wednesday.
In the class 10 exams, the pass percentage of girls stood at 99.45 per cent while that of boys was marginally lower at 98.64 per cent. Similarly, girls performed better than boys in class 12 too, with girls’ pass percentage at 99.45 per cent and boys’ pass percentage at 98.64 per cent.
The ICSE examination (Class 10) was conducted in 67 written subjects, of which 20 were Indian languages 14 were foreign languages and one was a classical language. The ISC examination (Class 12) was conducted in 47 written subjects, 12 of them Indian languages, four foreign languages and two classical languages.
The improvement exams for ICSE and ISC will be conducted in July.
A total of 2,52,557 candidates from 2,803 schools gave the class 10 exams, of which 2,308 candidates could not clear the exams. The western region has achieved the best pass percentage in class 10 exams at 99.83 per cent.
In the class 12 exams, there were 99,551 candidates from 1460 schools, and 973 of them could not clear the test. The southern region has the best pass percentage at 99.76 per cent in class 12 results. (PTI)