Girls outshine boys again in CBSE Class 12 results
Source: The Sangai Express / IANS
New Delhi, May 28 2017:
Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 12 results declared on
Sunday, bagging the top two spots and recording a better pass percentage
compared to boys.
Raksha Gopal from Delhi's neighbourhood Noida in Uttar
Pradesh topped the Class 12 Central Board of Secondary
Education exams, followed by Bhoomi Sawant De from
Chandigarh.
Raksha from Amity International School in Noida secured
99.6 per cent marks, and Bhoomi from DAV School in
Chandigarh scored 99.4 per cent marks, the CBSE said.
Aditya Jain and Mannat Luthra, both from Bhavan
Vidyalaya in Chandigarh, came joint third with 99.2 per cent
marks.
According to CBSE, a total of 87.5 per cent girls passed
the exams compared with 78 per cent boys.
A total of 10,76,761 students registered for the Class 12
examinations but only 10,20,762 appeared at 3,504 centres
across the country between March 9 and April 29.
The pass percentage this year recorded a marginal drop to
82 per cent from 83.05 per cent last year.
Only 8,37,229
students managed to pass this year, the board said.
The CBSE announced the results of all its 10 regions
simultaneously - including the highest 2,58,321 students from
Delhi region, followed by Panchkula in Haryana with 1,84,557
and Ajmer in Rajasthan with 1,31,449 candidates.
The board said 10,091 students scored more than 95 per
cent marks, and 63,247 more than 90 per cent this year.
A total of 2,497 candidates with various disabilities also sat
for the exams this year, of which 2,123 students passed.
Ajay K Raj from St Thomas Central School in
Thiruvananthapuram topped in the differently-abled category
with 490 marks out of a maximum of 500 marks.
The board said 125 differently able candidates scored above
90 per cent, with 21 scoring above 95 per cent marks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Human Resource
Development Minister Prakash Javadekar congratulated
all successful students after the results were declared.
"Congratulations to all my young friends who have successfully
passed the CBSE Class XII exams and best wishes
for future endeavours," Modi said in a tweet.
Beside congratulating the students, Javadekar also talked to
toppers over phone.
"I want to congratulate all the students who scored well ...
success gives you strength and confidence.
Also congrats to
students of all boards," Javadekar said in a video message to
students.
The Minister advised students who could not perform well
that "the defeat is not final unless we keep trying.
"Therefore, you should try more and you will get definite
success," he said.
"I called up first four toppers Raksha Gopal, Bhumi Sawant
De, Mannat Luthra and Aditya Jain," he said.
He said he was happy that toppers came from Arts, Science
and Commerce streams, and added that one topper aspires to
become an economist, another an IAS officer while two others
aim to pursue engineering and political science.
He said the credit for their success goes to their hard work,
dedication, parents and teachers.
The results this year were delayed as the CBSE had proposed
to scrap the moderation policy on April 25.
However, Delhi High court shot down the proposal, saying
the rules cannot be changed at the eleventh hour.
The Class 12 results can be accessed on Central Board of
Secondary Education website.
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