Chennai Zone scores pass percentage of 91.38

Chennai, May 23 (UNI) The Plus Two results for CBSE schools were declared today with Chennai Zone scoring an overall pass percentage of 91.38.

Girls with 92.68 per cent outshone boys who had a pass per cent of 90.35.

About 42,000 students from 1450 schools appeared for the examination held in March for the Chennai zone comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Daman.

In Tamil Nadu alone, students from 174 schools attended the Plus Two examinations, while students from 90 schools in Chennai sat for the board exams.

The pass percentage in Tamil Nadu was 96.40 compared to last year's 94.79 per cent. The pass per cent among girls was 97.49 and boys 95.62.

K Vijay Kumar of DAV Boys SS School, Gopalapuram, secured the first rank by scoring 490 out of 500 in the Chennai region, with a centum in Engineering Drawing.

Sindhu Hariharan of PSSS School, Mylapore, bagged the second rank with 489 and Rohini of DAV Girls SS School, Gopalapuram, secured third rank, 488, with a centum in Mathematics.

UNI