Girls outsmart boys in Mizoram class 12 results

Aizawl: Girls outshone boys in the HSSLC examinations by securing 61.16 pass percentage against boys’ 59.84 pass percentage. A total of 5603 girls appeared in all the four streams – arts, science, commerce and vocational -of which 3427 were declared passed while 3395 boys out of 5673 were successful. The Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) declared the results of Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) Examination 2012 on Tuesday, which saw a 60.50 pass percentage in all the streams, a slight decline from last year’s pass percentage of 60.63. In the arts, science, commerce and vocational streams, 11276 students appeared, of which 6822 passed, 65 in distinction, 992 in first, 2036 in second and 3729 in third divisions. As many as 591 candidates got compartmental chance. In arts stream, 7937 students appeared and 4712 were declared successful, with a pass percentage of 59.37 percent, compared to last year’s 58.95 percent. Female pass percentage in arts stream is 60.98 against boys pass percentage of 57.61. There are four government schools among 17 schools which recorded less than 40 percent pass percentage. (UNI)