CHENNAI: Around 91% of the students who appeared for the
Tamil Nadu state board higher secondary certificate (Class XII) exams passed, said school education minister K A Sengottaiyan on Wednesday. The overall pass percentage dipped from 92.1% last year to 91.1% this year.
This is the first time that the overall pass percentage has dipped in the last five years. Every year, from 2014 to 2017, there was a slight increase from the previous year.
Nearly 94% of girls and 87% of boys passed the exams that were held in between March 1 and April 6 this year.
As many as 231 students have scored in the range of above 1180 on 1200 marks. Among them, 50 are boys and remaining 181 are girls
A total of 9.33 lakh students, including 8.6 school students, appeared for the exams.
Virudhunagar district topped the state with 97%. Erode and Tirupur districts went to secure the second and third ranks by recording 96.3% and 96.1%.
Chennai district’s performance marginally improved from 92.99% last year to 93.09% this year.
The minister admitted that the questions were tough compared to the previous years and said that they were designed in such a way that students would be able to handle national-level entrance tests better in the future.
He warned schools which tried to promote their admissions by advertising toppers. The state had earlier abolished ranking system.
Subject-wise pas percentage Physics - 96.4%
Chemistry - 95.0%
Biology - 96.3
Maths - 96.1%
Botany - 93.9%
Zoology - 91.3%
Computer science - 96.1%
Commerce - 90.3%