CBSE declares Class 10 results, 93.7 per cent students pass; Trivandrum and Vijaywada tops, Pune records 96.66 pc

The Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE on Wednesday announced the results for the Class 10 board examinationsAccording to the officials 937 per cent students who took the exams have passed with Trivandrum and Vijaywada topping the list with 9979 pass percentage The Pune district in Maharashtra have recorded 9666 per centThey said that Chennai and Bengaluru reported 9958 and 9891 pass per cent respectively followed by Delhi which recorded 9745 per centThe results have been released for students across the country the official saidPass percentage sees marginal riseThis year the overall pass percentage stood at 9370 per cent showing a slight increase from last yearrsquos 9366 per centOver 2471 lakh students appeared for the examination which was conducted across 8074 centresGirls outperform boysAccording to an official statement the girls once again performed better than boys in the examsThe girlsrsquo pass percentage was recorded as 9499 per cent and boysrsquo pass percentage was reported lower by 13 percentage pointsIt once again continued the trend of girls outperforming boys in CBSE board resultsRegionwise pass percentageHigh scorers and meritA significant number of students achieved high marks 55368 students scored above 95 per cent 221574 students scored above 90 per centThese figures highlight strong academic performance among candidatesCompartment category numbers dropThe statement said that over 147 lakh students have been placed in the compartment category this yearIt noted that this number is slightly lower compared to last year indicating a modest improvementFrom this academic year CBSE introduced a twoedition system for Class 10 board examsStudents were required to appear for the first edition the results of which have now been declaredAvailability of docsFor regular students in IndiaThe official statement said that this year performance of the students in the main examinations will be made available in their DigiLoker account and the final result will be declared after the conduct of Second Board Examinations The grading will also be calculated by combining the result of both Main and Second Board ExaminationsIt said that to avoid the problem of accessing the DigiLocker CBSE has provided the PIN to the schools in advance to be given to the candidates ahead of the result declaration Students can log in to their DigiLocker either by using their PIN or with their Aadhaar number Further the board will supply Printed Mark sheets cum Passing Certificates to the students through their schools only after second Board ExaminationsFor regular students in foreign countriesForeign students can also get their digital documents on their emails through the CBSE DigiLocker page Their Printed Marksheets cum Passing Certificates will be supplied through their schoolsFor private students The private students will also be provided electronic documents in their DigiLocker which could be accessed through their Aadhaar numberExcept for the students of the Regional Office Delhi East and Delhi West printed documents will be sent to the address given in the examination form For the students of Delhi East and Delhi West printed documents will be available at the examination centre from where they have appeared in the examinationsNo merit listAs per the earlier decision of the board to avoid unhealthy competition amongst the students no merit list is declared by the CBSEThe official statement said that the board does not award first second or third divisions to its students However the board will issue the merit certificate to top 01 per cent of students who have scored the highest marks in the subjects The Merit certificate will be made available in the DigiLocker of the student concerned after second Board exams