CBSE officials said a comparison cannot be drawn with last year's statistics as the academic session then was split into two terms because of the Covid pandemic
The pass percentage in class 10 stood at 93.12 per cent, a dip of 1.28 percentage points from last year. The pass percentage in 2019 (pre-pandemic year) was 91.10 per cent
Similarly, the pass percentage in the CBSE class 12 exam has gone down by 5.38 percentage points and stands at 87.33 per cent as against 92.71 per cent last year. In 2019 (the pre-pandemic academic session), the pass percentage was 83.40 per cent
In Class 12, as many as 1.12 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and 22,622 candidates secured above 95 per cent marks. Among those who scored above 90 per cent, 271 are from Children With Special Needs (CSWN) category. As many as 44 CSWN students scored above 95 per cent. Last year, 1,34,797 candidates scored above 90 per cent in Class 12, while 33,432 candidates scored above 95 per cent
In Class 10, as many as 1.95 lakh candidates have scored above 90 per cent while 44,297 scored above 95 per cent. Among those who scored above 90 per cent, 278 are from the CSWN category while 58 students of that group scored above 95 per cent. Last year, 2,36,993 candidates scored above 90 per cent in Class 10, while 64,908 candidates scored above 95 per cent. However, in 2019, the number of students scoring above 90 per cent and 95 per cent was 2,25,143 and 57,256, respectively
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