New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) on Monday declared results for the Class 12 and Class 10 exams with girls once again bettering boys in overall scores and 64 students getting more than 99 per cent.
While 49 students got more than 99 per cent in the Class 12 exam, 15 students scored more than 99 per cent in the Class 10 exam.
In Class 12, the top score was 99.5 per cent, bagged by seven students from across the country. The second position of 99.25 per cent was shared by 17 students. The third highest score was 99 per cent, bagged by 25 people.
Mumbai boy Swayam Das emerged the Class 10 all India topper with 99.4 per cent. Jalandhar's Jasmin Kaur Chahal and Mumbai's Anokhi Amit Mehta jointly bagged the second position with 99.2 per cent each. The third position was shared by 12 students who scored 99 per cent each.
"Class 12 saw a pass percentage of 96.21 recording a slight dip from last year's 96.47 per cent, while 98.51 per cent students passed Class 10," said Gerry Arathoon, CEO of the Council.
A total of 1,83,387 students from 2,161 schools had appeared for the Class 10 examination, which was conducted in 61 written subjects. Of these, 22 were Indian languages, 10 foreign languages and one classical language.
In Class 12, 80,880 students from 1,034 schools appeared for the exam, which was conducted in 48 written subjects. Of these, 14 were Indian languages, five foreign languages and two classical languages.
"In both the classes girls have outperformed boys," Arathoon told reporters.
In Class 12, the pass percentage of girls is 97.63 per cent while that of boys is 94.96 per cent. Similarly, in the Class 10 examination, the pass percentage of girls is 98.95 per cent while that of boys is 98.15 per cent.
In terms of regions, the southern region recorded the highest pass percentage in Class 12 at 98.38 per cent. The southern (99.69 per cent) and western regions (99.67 per cent) have the highest pass percentage in Class 10.
Schools abroad have recorded 100 per cent pass percentage in Class 10 and 99.36 per cent in Class 12.
Candidates can see their results by selecting their course code (ICSE or ISC), entering their unique ID and the Captcha and then clicking on the "show result" button. A printout of the result can also be taken.
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Steps to check results:
» Go to the official website of CISCE, cisce.org
» Click on the link 'Results 2018'
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» Enter your Unique ID and CAPTCHA as shown on the screen.
» Submit it and see your results
In 2017, class 12th saw a pass percentage of 96.47, while 98.53 per cent students passed class 10th. In the class 12th examination, the pass percentage of girls was 97.73 per cent while that of the boys stood at 95.39 per cent.
From this year, the CISCE has decided to reduce the pass per cent for class 10, 12 annual board exams. While ICSE students need 33 per cent to qualify, ISC students need 35 per cent to clear the board exams.
Though initially the council decided to implement it from next year, months later it decided to implement the changes this year onwards.
Earlier, the pass percentages were 35 per cent and 40 per cent for ICSE and ISC students, respectively.
"The objective of this is to bring about a close conformity with other boards in the country," the council had said.
The ICSE exams for Class 10 began on February 26 and ended on March 28 whereas the ISC exams for Class 12 were slated between February 7 and April 2 this year.
