Chennai region tops in CBSE XII examination

like last year, the ajmer region bagged the second position with a pass percentage of 86.93, delhi came third with 84.25, followed by panchkula, allahabad and guwahati. the results for the delhi, guwahati and allahabad regions were declared on friday, while those for ajmer, chennai and panchkula were announced on wednesday.totally, 637,976 candidates registered for the class xii examination this year. compared to last year, there  has been an marginal increase of 0.09 percentage in the pass percentage. with girls having outclassed boys in all the six regions, the overall pass percentage is 81 this year. the overall pass percentage of girls is 85.94 against the boys’ 77.40. without surprise,  the all-india toppers were also girls. tannvi aggarwal from apeejay school in faridabad and mrittika sen from rajhans vidyalaya in mumbai have scored 98.4 per cent. tannvi is a commerce student, while mrittika is from the science stream. among all the other institutions, the jawahar navodaya vidyalayas  stands top with a pass percentage of  94.09 compared to 92.44 per cent in the last year. kendriya vidyalayas were pushed to second slot with an overall pass percentage of 91.32, marginally improving from 91 per cent last year. the number of candidates scoring 95 per cent and above has witnessed a three-time increase from 384 in 2008 to 1,020 (including 544 girls) this year.