Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 12 results announced today with Meghna Srivastava , from a Noida school, topping the examination this year.The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.Girls did better than boys with a pass percentage of 88.31 per cent against boys' 78.99 per cent, officials at the CBSE headquarters said here.Meghna Srivastava topped the CBSE Class 12 examination getting 99.8%. She secured 499 marks out of 500. She got 498 marks out of 500.She scored 98 in English (Core) and 100 in History, Economics, Political science and Psychology.The third position was held by seven students who got 497 marks out of 500, the officials said.The best performing region was Trivandrum in Kerala with a pass percentage of 97.32 per cent. Pooja Kumari, from Dehradun, stood second among the differently abled students with 97.8 per cent, while Lavanya Jha of DPS RK Puram came third with 97.4 per cent.A total of 141 candidates in the differently abled category scored 90 per cent and above marks. The candidate would have to appear in the compartmental examination later.Over 11 lakh students had registered for the Class 12 examination, which was marred with controversy over the paper leak issue.The board had conducted a re-test of Class 12 economics paper on April 25, nearly a month after it was leaked triggering widespread outrage and confusion among students across the country.

Source: Economic Times May 26, 2018 07:54 UTC