As much as 72.38% of girls cleared the std 12th exam, against 64.16% boys. In std 10th examination, 51.43% of girls passed against 48.53% of boys. As many as 2,04,738 students secured first division in std 10th, and 2,18,272 secured first division in std 12th. In std 12th, 70.70% students of government schools passed, while the percentage was 51.98% in std 10th exam. For private schools, the passing percentage was 64.36 and 47.46 in std 12th and 10th exams, respectively.

Source: Mint May 12, 2017 15:33 UTC