Chhattisgarh: Girls outshine boys in Class 10, 12 state board exams

The results of Class 12 and Class 10 examinations conducted by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) were declared on Wednesday, with girls outshining boys in overall pass percentage in the two board exams.
With a score of 98.2 per cent, Vidhi Bhosale of Abhinav VMHS School in Pussore, Raigarh, is the Class 12 state topper. Rahul Yadav of Swami Atmanand Govt Utkrisht Hindi Medium School, Jashpur, has topped the Class 10 exam at 98.83 per cent.
In Class 10, four top rankers are from the tribal-dominated Jashpur district in north Chhattisgarh.
As per the results, which were announced by state School Education Minister Premsai Singh, the pass percentage for the Class 12 exam stood at 79.96, while it was 75.05 for Class 10. The results are slightly better than that of last year.
In the Class 12 exam, girls recorded a pass percentage of 83.64 and it was 75.36 for boys.
Similarly, girls fared well with 79.16 per cent of them clearing the Class 10 exam, compared to 70.26 per cent of boys emerging successful.
As many 3,28,121 students had registered for CGBSE Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination (Class 12) this year, but 3,23,625 students, including 1,43,919 boys and 1,79,706 girls, wrote the exam. Of these, results of 3,23,266 were declared and 2,58,500 (79.96 per cent) have passed the exam, said the minister.
Likewise, 3,37,569 students had registered for CGBSE High School Certificate Examination (Class 10) but 3,30,681 students, including 1,52,891 boys and 1,77,790 girls, took the exam. Of these, results of 3,30,055 students were declared.