99.19% pass in Prayagraj region; girls outshine boys
Lucknow with an overall pass percentage of 99.64% tops the region
PRAYAGRAJ: Prayagraj region managed to bag 12th position (among 16 regions) in the class 10 results declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage of the region was 99.19% against the national pass percentage of 99.04%, said the board officials.
Like previous years, girls have once again outshined the boys across the country, including in Prayagraj region. The overall national pass percentage of girl students was 99.24 % while that of boys was 98.89 %.
According to the countrywide result announced by the CBSE, Trivandrum topped the country by scoring an overall percentage of 99.99 % while Bengaluru with 99.96 % and Chennai with 99.94 % stood at second and third, respectively. There was a total of 21,467 schools across the country and out of the 21,13,767 regular registered candidates, CBSE has declared results of 20,97,128 candidates. As many as 20,76,997 candidates (99.04 %) have passed the class 10, they added. Regional officer (RO) of Prayagraj region, CBSE Shweta Arora said that the overall pass percentage of the region, having 52 districts under its jurisdiction, was 99.19%. Like the results of class 12, girls once again outshined the boys in class 10. The overall pass percentage among girls in the region was 99.37% while that of boys was 99.09%.
“A total of 1,97,023 candidates of 1,971 schools in the state that fall under CBSE’s Prayagraj region, 99.19% cleared the exams and barring Gorakhpur, girls have outshined the boys in all the five major districts that come under our ambit,” said the RO.
Detailing about the results of the five prominent districts of the state, including Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gorakhpur that comes under Prayagraj region, Lucknow with an overall pass percentage of 99.64% topped while Gorakhpur (99.55%) and Prayagraj (99.52% came at second and third place, respectively. The RO informed that in terms of Prayagraj district, there were 115 schools in the district out of which result of 12,379 students were declared and the overall pass percentage was 99.52%. The pass percentage among girls was 99.70% while that of boys, it was 99.40%.
Likewise, in terms of Lucknow district there were 201 schools that were registered and results of 18,747 students of class 10 were declared. A total of 99.64% of the students passed in the district, and here too the pass percentage of girls was higher than boys. 99.73% of girls passed the exam as against 99.58% of the boys.
In Varanasi district, there were 154 schools that were registered and results of 20,113 students were declared. 99.30% of them cleared the board. The pass percentage among girls was 99.51% while that of boys, it was 99.17%.
In Kanpur district, 120 schools were registered and the result of 12,433 students was declared by the board. 99.32% of them were declared passed. The pass percentage among girls was 99.53% while that of boys, it was 99.19%.
In Gorakhpur district, there were 120 schools of which 14,730 (99.55%) students were declared passed. However, the overall passing percentage of boys was higher than the girls in this district. The pass percentage among boys was 99.66% while that of girls was 99.36%, said the RO.