91% pass Class 10 boards, girls do better than boys once again

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday released Class 10 examination results with an overall pass percentage of 91.46%, recording a marginal improvement over last year’s figure, even as the board did not announce a merit list due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Out of the 1,873,015 students who appeared for the Class 10 examination this year, 1,713,121 students cleared the test across 20,837 schools in the country, with the overall pass percentage 0.36 percentage points higher than last year. Of these, 150,198 students received “compartment” this year compared to 138,705 last year.

Girls performed better than boys, with 93.31% of them being promoted as compared to 90.14% boys across the country.

About 184,358 students scored above 90% and 41,804 above 95% -- 18% and 26.98% lower than last year’s figures.

CBSE’S controller of examination Sanyam Bhardwaj said the increase in the number of ‘compartments’ could be due to the increase in the number of students who took the test this year. “There seems to be no specific reason behind the dip, Bhardwaj said, adding: “One possible reason could be the stress due to the Covid-19 pandemic...”

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, CBSE postponed all Class 10 and Class 12 exams scheduled between March 19 and March 21 earlier this year.

THE CBSE DID NOT ANNOUNCE A MERIT LIST THIS YEAR DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE PANDEMIC