Maharashtra Students Excel in CBSE Class 10 and 12 Exams

Maharashtra recorded a high pass percentage in the Class 12 and 10 board examinations, with 90.68% and 96.61% respectively. The results were announced on Tuesday, with over 20% of students scoring more than 90% in both exams. The CBSE changed the question pattern from memorization to competitiveness, which led to an impressive overall result.

Key Takeaways:

• Maharashtra recorded a pass percentage of 90.68% in the Class 12 boards and 96.61% in the Class 10 boards.
• The number of students who passed in Class 10 was 113,257, out of 117,237 who appeared, resulting in a pass percentage of 96.06% for boys and 97.34% for girls.
• In Class 12, 31,468 students passed out of 34,703 who appeared, with a pass percentage of 92.75% for girls and 88.89% for boys.
• Students from Delhi Public School (DPS) Nerul emerged as high scorers, with Aishwarya Sinha, a humanities student, scoring 98.6% in Class 12.
• The CBSE initiated skill subjects like IT, introduction to financial markets, and AI, which children responded enthusiastically to.
• Many students are preparing for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) to study their preferred subjects, with Aishwarya Sinha planning to study history and Shreshth Agarwal hoping to pursue computer science.

Statistics:

• 20% of students scored more than 90% in both Class 10 and 12 exams.
• 1,17,531 students registered for the Class 10 exams, with 1,17,237 appearing.
• 1,13,257 students passed in Class 10.
• 34,874 students registered for Class 12, with 34,703 appearing.
• 31,468 students passed in Class 12.

Sources:

• [Hindustan Times] - "Maharashtra records impressive results in CBSE Class 10 and 12 exams"