CBSE Class 10 Result Declared, 94% Students Pass Exams

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday declared CBSE Class 10th result. 

Overall, 94.4 per cent students passed the exams. Girls outperformed boys by 1.41 per cent. 

The pass percentage of girls stood at 95.21 per cent while 93.80 per cent of boys cleared the exam. The pass percentage of transgender candidates is 90 per cent.

The pass percentage dipped by 4.64 as compared to last year's. However, the number of students scoring above 90 per cent and 95 per cent witnessed a jump.

Over 21.09 lakh regular candidates had registered for the Class-10 exam this year, of whom 20.93 lakh had appeared in it.

The number of candidates scoring above 95 per cent has increased by over 7,000, with 64,908 students falling in the bracket. Similarly, the number of students scoring between 90 and 95 per cent has gone up by over 36,000 from last year's 2,00,962. A total of 2,36,993 candidates have scored between 90 and 95 per cent this year.

The number of children with special needs scoring above 95 per cent is 63, while 290 students in the category have scored above 90 per cent. In the CBSE-affiliated schools abroad, 97.29 per cent students have passed Class 10.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) have achieved a pass percentage of 99.71, followed by private schools (96.86), Kendriya Vidalayas (96.61) and schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (91.27). Government and government-aided schools have achieved a pass percentage of 80.68 and 76.73 respectively.

A total of 1,07,689 candidates have been placed under compartment as against  17,636 students last year.

The Trivandrum region has achieved the highest pass percentage of 99.68, followed by Bengaluru (99.22), Chennai (98.97), Ajmer (98.14), Patna (97.65), Pune (97.41), Bhubaneswar (96.46), Panchkula (96.33), Noida (96.08), Chandigarh (95.38), Prayagraj (94.74), Dehradun (93.43), Bhopal (93.33), Delhi East (86.96), Delhi West (85.94) and Guwahati (82.23).

This is the first time that the CBSE has announced both class 10 and 12 results on the same day.

Earlier on Friday, CBSE class 12th results were also declared, in which 92.71 per cent students passed. Last year, the percentage was 99.37 per cent.

Both CBSE class 10th result and CBSE class 12th result can be checked on CBSE results website (https://cbseresults.nic.in/).

Among the various categories of schools in class 12th CBSE results, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) performed the best with 98.93 per cent students passing the exam. JNVs were followed by school of Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA) with 97.96 pass percentage, Kendriya Vidyalayas (97.04 per cent), government-aided (94.81 per cent), government schools (93.38 per cent), and private schools (92.20 per cent).

(With PTI inputs)