Over 57,000 students have scored above 95 per cent marks in class 10 while the number of candidates scoring between 90 and 95 per cent has gone up to over two lakh, according to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

The number of students in the two categories have increased by over 38 per cent and nine per cent respectively since last year. The results announced by the board showed that the number of candidates scoring above 95 per cent has increased from 41,804 last year to 57,824 this time. Similarly, the number of students scoring between 90 and 95 per cent has increased from 1,84,358 to 2,00,962.