Published 19:00 IST, July 13th 2020
CBSE Class 12 Results 2020: Trivandrum tops in pass percentage, Patna lowest
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the results for Class 12th on July 13 and girls outperformed boys with a decisive margin of 5.96%.
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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) anunced results for Class 12th on July 13 and, like every year, girls outperformed boys with a decisive margin of 5.96%. Apart from overall domination, girls also outshined boys in every single region, from Ajmer to Guwahati and Chandigarh to Trivandrum.
margin of pass percent came under 1 per cent in only one out of 16 regions i.e. Bengaluru. gap between pass percent remained highest in Patna, also worst-performing region in terms of pass percent, with a staggering 9.29% gap.
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While Trivandrum, Chennai, Delhi East, and Delhi West topped Pass percent list, Patna, Prayagraj, Dehradun, and Guwahati were at bottom. overall number of unfair cases showed a significant decline this year - from 102 in 2019 to 65 in 2020 - however, it can’t be compared since some exams got cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Panchkula reported highest number of unfair cases while Pragyraj, Pune, and Delhi West recorded zero cases of unfair means. distribution remained skewed towards boys in terms of number of students who appeared for examination.
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Increase in pass percent
According to CBSE, a total of 88.78 per cent students passed this year, with a 5.38% increase in pass percent from last year when 83.40% of students cleared examinations. Girls again outperformed boys in Class 12 examination results by recording 92.15% success rate while pass percent among boys stood at 86.19%, lagging behind girls by 5.96%. pass percent of trans students stood at 66.67%.
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In CBSE Class 12th exam, a total of 38,686 students or 3.24% of total number of candidates appeared have scored above 95%. As many as 1,57,934 students or 13.24% of students appeared for Class 12th exams scored over 90% marks. Over 13,000 schools have participated in CBSE Class 12 exams which were held on 4,984 exam centres.
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19:00 IST, July 13th 2020