Boys outshone girls in this year’s Higher Secondary Examination in West Bengal, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. That, despite the number of female examinees far outweighing the number of their male counterparts, which is a commendable feat in itself, at the state’s school leaving exams which began on February 16 this year and concluded 13 days later.
Announcing the results 68 days after the conclusion of exams, the West Bengal Council of Higher Education authorities confirmed that 89.98 per cent of the students have cleared the test this year.
The performance is a marginal jump over last year’s pass percentage which stood at 89.
