Once again Girls outshine in ICSE Class X and XII exams

ICSE X and XII examination result has been declared and once again outperformed boys in this year’s ICSE Class X and XII examination result. Overall, 98.78% girls and 97.73% boys passed the examination of Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) exam, however 96.66% girls and 93.91% boys passed the Indian School Certificate (ISC) examination. Anika Aggarwal, Simran Khanuja of St. Marry’s School, Pune and Mansi Arora of Chatrabhuj Naarsee Memorial School Mumbai were declared the joint Class X toppers scoring 98.4% marks in aggregate.

Bhuvanya Vijay of St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehrarum, got highest marks in class XII with a score of 99%, said Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and Secretary of Council for Indian School Certificate Examination which held the examinations.

This year 1, 40, 878 students appeared in the Class 10th exam, where as 64, 043 candidates appeared in the Class 12th exam. Giving region-wise analysis break-up of the pass percentage, Arathoon said, southern region students performed better in the country in both Class X and Class XII results.

While the passing percentage of the southern region for Class Xth is 99.66 percent, and for class XII it is 98.28 percent.