Chennai: Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) declared the Higher Secondary Second Year (Class 12) examination results on May 8.

The examinations were conducted from March 2 to March 26, 2026 with a total of 7,91,654 students having appeared for the examinations among which 4,18,724 were girls and 3,72,930 boys.

Overall, 7,53,694 students passed, taking the state pass percentage to 95.20. Girls recorded a pass percentage of 97.00, while boys registered 93.19.

Girls outperformed boys by 3.81 percentage points.

Compared to 2025, the overall pass percentage increased marginally by 0.17 percentage points.

School-wise Pass Percentage
Government schools: 92.16%
Government-aided schools: 96.14%
Private self-financing schools: 98.72%
Co-educational schools: 95.30%
Girls' schools: 97.08%
Boys' schools: 90.49%
Girls' schools performed 6.59 percentage points better than boys' schools.

School Performance
Total higher secondary schools in the state: 7,536
Schools with 100% results: 2,639
Schools securing above 95% results: 5,170
Government schools with 100% results: 489
Government schools securing above 95%: 1,572

Stream-wise Pass Percentage
Science: 96.90%
Commerce: 92.67%
Vocational: 85.97%
Arts: 85.19%

Major Subject-wise Pass Percentage
Computer Science: 99.84%
Economics: 99.49%
Mathematics: 99.12%
Physics: 98.87%
Chemistry: 98.82%
Zoology: 98.69%
Botany: 98.62%
Accountancy: 98.04%
History: 97.90%
Commerce: 97.55%

Students Scoring Centum
Computer Science: 6,945 students
Computer Applications: 2,099
Accountancy: 1,946
Zoology: 784
Mathematics: 732
Commerce: 683
Chemistry: 632
Business Mathematics and Statistics: 463
Economics: 440
History: 282
Physics: 105
Tamil: 83
Botany: 31
English: 21

Overall, 16,024 students secured centum in at least one subject. Of them, 1,695 students were from government schools.