NEW DELHI: Students getting 90% or more rose to an all-time high in absolute numbers in the Class 10 CBSE exams, the results of which were declared on the same day as Class 12. While 2,36,993 students (11.3% of total) scored 90%-plus, close to 64,908 students (3.1%) bagged a score of 95%-plus, reports Shradha Chettri. In 2021, when there were no Board exams and students were assessed on other parameters, 2,00,962 students scored 90% and above and 57,824 had scored 95%-plus. However, while nearly all students (99.9%) were declared to have passed in 2021, the percentage dropped to 94.4% this year.
In absolute figures, the number of high scorers (90% and above and 95% and above) in Class X CBSE exams were higher this year than in 2019. But in percentage terms, 2019 had the biggest share of high scorers.
