CBSE 10th result: Delhi govt schools scored five times better than 2020
New Delhi, Aug 04: Over 180 students from Delhi government schools scored above 95 per cent marks while the number of schools with 100 per cent pass percentage is over five times more than last year, according to CBSE data on Class 10 results declared on Tuesday. A total of 750 schools have recorded a 100 per cent pass percentage this year. The number of schools achieving this feat is over five times more than the last year's figure of 147.
The overall pass percentage of Delhi government schools stood at 97.52 per cent, over 11 per cent higher than last year's pass percentage of 82.61.
"Today,
Class
10
results
have
been
declared.
Our
186
students
have
scored
above
95
per
cent
marks.
Delhi
government
schools
have
achieved
a
pass
percentage
of
97.52
per
cent.
Congratulations
to
students,
their
parents
and
Team
Education,"
Delhi
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
tweeted
in
Hindi.
Out
of
2.30
lakh
candidates
from
the
government
schools
in
Delhi,
5,419
have
been
placed
under
compartment
while
300
have
been
put
under
the
essential
repeat
category.
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Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia took to Twitter and said, "I feel proud of our result in CBSE Class 10. It is due to CM Arvind Kejriwal's governance model that our government schools are setting an example in the country".
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recorded the highest ever pass percentage of 99.04 per cent in this year's Class 10 results with girls outshining boys by a slender margin of 0.35 per cent.
The pass percentage increased by over seven percentage points against last year''s 91.46 per cent. The overall pass percentage in Delhi region stood at 98.07 pc.