The CISCE Class 12 examination results release on Sunday revealed that as many as 18 candidates shared the top rank with a score of 99.75%.
While 58 candidates placed second with a score of 99.50%, 78 shared the third rank, having scored 99.25%.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced a merit list after two years as results were declared on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme to make up for the exams that could not be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pass percentage for girls (99.52%) was marginally higher than that of boys (99.26%), officials said, adding that the overall pass percentage was 99.38%.
This was the first time the CISCE had conducted two examinations in a single examination year. While semester one examinations were held in November-December, 2021, the second semester exams were conducted in April-May, 2022, for both Class 10 and Class 12.
Explaining the result computation formula, board secretary Gerry Arathoon said the first semester marks of each subject have been halved with the exception of subjects like geometrical, mechanical drawing and art. “These marks have then been added to the second semester and practical/project marks to arrive at final marks in each subject,” he added.
A total of 1,228 schools had presented candidates for the CISCE Class 12 examination and a total of 96,940 candidates (52.76% of which was boys and 47.24%, girls) appeared for the exams.
The candidates included 12 visually-challenged students; six of them have scored above 90%. Similarly, of 180 candidates with learning difficulties, 18 have scored above 90% in the exams.
The Indian School Certificate (ISC) examination was conducted in 49 written subjects, of which 12 were Indian languages, five foreign languages and two classical languages.
The northern region has the best pass percentage (99.43%), followed by the eastern region (99.18%).
