The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the Class 12 results this afternoon on the official website of the board - cbseresults.nic.in or cbse.nic.in. A total of 2,824,734 students registered for the CBSE board exams this year. Out of this, 16,38,428 candidates registered for the class 10 examination, while 11,86,306 candidates registered for the class 12 examinations. Meghna Shrivastava of Step by Step School, Sec-132, Taj Expressway Ghaziabad, topped with 499 marks. Anuoushka Chandra from SAJ School, Sec 14C, Vasundhara Ghaziabad, secured the second rank with 498 marks. Seven students are tied at the third spot with 497 marks each. Of these seven - one is from Jaipur, 1 from Ludhiana, 1 from Haridwar, 1 from Noida, 1 from Meerut and 2 from Ghaziabad. Of the 15,674 students who appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam outside India, 14,881 passed (pass percentage is 94.94%).

GIRLS AHEAD OF BOYS, LIKE LAST YEAR

Last year also, the girls performed better than boys with the pass percentage of 88.31, while the boys scored 78.99 per cent. The exams were conducted from March 5 till April 13. Reference: IndiaToday