The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 12 results this afternoon on the official website of the board -- cbseresults.nic.in or cbse.nic.in. This year, the pass percentage has improved to 83.01 per cent from 82.02 per cent last year.
Trivandrum recorded highest pass percentage of 97.32%, Chennai stood second with 93.87%, followed by Delhi at 89%. Girls beat boys hands down this year. While girls secured a pass percentage of 88.31%, the boys managed 78.99%.
Meghna Shrivastava of Step by Step School, Sec-132, Taj Expressway, Noida, topped with 499 marks out of 500. Anuoushka Chandra from SAJ School, Sec 14C, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, came second with 498 marks. Seven students are tied at the third spot with 497 marks each. Of these seven, one is from Jaipur, 1 from Ludhiana, 1 from Haridwar, 1 from Noida, 1 from Meerut and 2 from Ghaziabad.
Of the 15,674 students who appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam outside India, 14,881 passed (pass percentage is 94.94%).
Now that the Class 12 result is declared, the Class 10 results is expected to be announced within two days. "Results for class 10 will be announced either on May 28 or 29. All evaluation has been done, not a single paper's result will be withheld," CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi told IANS on May 25.
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This year, nearly 28 lakh students had registered to appear for the CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 examinations. More than 16,38,420 students registered for Class 10 exam that was held at 4,453 centres all over India and 78 centres abroad. For Class 12, about 11,86,306 candidates had registered and the exams were held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres outside the country.
The exams for class 12, originally scheduled to be held between March 3 and April 13, were extended to April 25 when students were made to give a re-test for Economics paper after the Board came to know it was leaked.
According to this year's statistics, more boys had called up the CBSE counselling helpline with their stress-related queries during exams.
Where to check CBSE Board Result 2018?
The CBSE Class 12 Result 2018 are available on cbse.examresults.net, cbseresults.nic.in and results.gov.in. The students can also get their result through "SMS Organizer" app. To get CBSE Class 10 and 12 results on SMS Organizer, students first need to download the app and then register for CBSE results. The pre-registered students will receive a notification for their result.
This year, the CBSE board will also provide Class XII digital mark sheets in DigiLocker at - digilocker.gov.in - which can be accessed on mobile phones on Android and iOS platforms.
For more information Visit http://cbse.examresults.net