Nearly one of every two Class 12 students who appeared for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) supplementary exam failed to clear it. After CBSE announced Class 12 results in May earlier this year, it organised a supplementary examination on July 17 for giving another opportunity for the students to improve their performance. Earlier, students were allowed to improve their performance only next year during the main examination.
Up to 1,23,416 students had registered for supplementary exams, of which 1,20,742 students appeared for the exams, and 57,331 (47.50%) passed said Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations, CBSE.
As many as 63,265 (52.40%) students could not clear the supplementary exam and were yet again put in the ‘compartment,’ category.
