BANGALORE: The principals and students of CBSE schools in Bangalore were a jubilant lot on Wednesday. And why not, with Karnataka topping the pass percentage among the four southern states — Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. But in the Chennai region, Karnataka stands third with Puducherry topping the list and Goa standing second.
In the Class XII CBSE results announced on Wednesday, Karnataka outdid the other three southern states with 96.57%. This was closely followed by Tamil Nadu at 96.19%. Kerala trailed third with 93.30% followed by AP with 88.26%.
The CBSE Chennai region comprises Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. Puducherry emerged as the dark horse in this year’s CBSE results by outshining all the other states in the Chennai region. The state had 176 (regular) students who appeared for the exam. Its overall pass percentage is 98.30%. Close on Puducherry’s heels is Goa with 97.61%. It had 293 (regular) students who appeared for the exams.
N Nagaraju, joint secretary, regional office, CBSE, told TOI that the overall pass percentage of regular students in Chennai region is 92.84%. The overall pass percentage of students who took the exam including private candidates is 90.71%.
(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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