Girls score high in CBSE Class X results - Chandigarh

chandigarh: girls continued to outshine boys in the class x examination held by the central board of secondary education results for which were declared in punjab, haryana, himachal pradesh, jammu and kashmir and chandigarh. girls were ahead at a pass percentage of 92.25 per cent while, boys were at 88.22 per cent. 'the overall pass percentage for class x for the region is 90.18 per cent. a total of 1,19,014 students had appeared in the examination,' cbse joint secretary (panchkula) d r yadava said. the overall pass percentage for class x has shown an improvement this year as compared to last year which stood at 89.07 per cent, he said. while the kendriya vidyalaya had fared well getting a pass percentage of 96.01 per cent, government schools were lagging behind at 65.30 per cent. jawahar navodaya vidyalaya and other schools got a pass percentage of 96.92 per cent and 91.47 per cent, respectively. in the class xii examination for the region declared by the cbse a week back, boys had got an overall pass percentage of 77.56 per cent, while the girls had got 86.24 per cen