New Delhi,May 20: Girls outshone boys in the Class X and Class XII examinations conducted by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) this year.
While 1,08,217 students, including 60,812 boys and 47,405 girls, had appeared in Class X (ICSE), about 52,552 students, including 29,207 boys and 23,345 girls, had written the Class XII (ISC) exam, conducted in March this year.
The results announced by CISCE showed that 98.05 per cent students got through the ICSE while 97.08 per cent students could pass the ISC.
But girls have done better than boys. Their pass percentage is 98.14 in ICSE (Class-X) against 96.90 per cent pass rate of boys, Gerry Arathoon, Additional Secretary of CISCE said.
Similarly in ISC (Class-XII), the pass rate of girls is 98.18 per cent against 96.21 per cent by boys, he said. The highest aggregate mark is 99 per cent (English + best four subjects) at the ICSE Examination achieved by a boy.