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New Delhi: Girls
outclassed boys once again, grabbing both higher pass percentages
as well as top marks in the Council for the Indian School
Certificate Examinations (CISCE) for Classes 10 and 12, the
results of which were declared Saturday.
According to a CICSE statement, the girls, with a pass percentage
of 99.15 and 98.35 percent in Classes 10 and 12 respectively, beat
the boys in both categories. The pass percentages for the boys
were marginally lower at 98.19 and 96.36 percent respectively.
This year, 59,536 students from 805 schools appeared in the Indian
School Certificate (ISC) examination for Class 12 while 132,282
students of 1,706 schools sat for the Indian Certificate for
Secondary Education (ICSE) examination for Class 10.
"Madhavi Singh of Carmel School, Dhanbad, and Shalaka Kulkarni of
Sulochana Devi Singhania School, Thane (Mumbai), jointly topped
the ICSE with 98.80 percent marks," CISCE chief executive Gerry
Arathoon told IANS.
"In ISC, Kalyani Vishnu of Christnagar High School topped in India
with 99.25 percent marks. Globally, the topper was Rohan Sampat of
Dubai's Dubai Model High School," he added.
According to the statement, the overall pass percentage had
increased by 0.01 percent for both examinations. ICSE had a pass
percentage of 98.62 percent, while ISC had an overall pass
percentage of 97.25 percent.
Regionally, the southern region registered best performance with
highest overall pass percentage for both classes, followed by the
western region.
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