Tamil Nadu recorded a pass percentage of 98.97% in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X exams, the results of which were announced on Friday afternoon. The board had announced the Class 12 results earlier in the day.
Akin to class XII exams, Term 1 and Term 2 exams were conducted by CBSE this year, instead of a single exam at the end of the academic year and a total of 78,911 students took up the exams.
While 99.75% of the girls who wrote the exam cleared it, 99.45% of boys cleared the exams.
Similar to Class 12, the board has said that a 30% weightage will be given for the Term 1 marks, and 70% weightage will be given for the Term 2 exam marks.