Sukriti Gupta tops CBSE Class 12 exams
NEW DELHI: With a pass percentage of 88.58 per cent, girls once again outperformed boys in the CBSE Class XII Board examination, the results of which were declared on Saturday.
Boys recorded a pass percentage of 78.85 per cent.
Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School in Delhi has topped the exams, scoring 497 marks out of 500.
Girls have secured first top three positions.
“I relied on self study and followed NCERT books while preparing for exams,”Sukriti Gupta said.
“You need to get your basics right and then the rest is not that hard to crack. I have been consistent throughout and that helped me to emerge as a topper. I did not expect this, though I was sure that I would do well. This is beyond my expectations,” she said.
Sukriti has scored 100 in Physics and Chemistry, and 99 in English, Math and Computer Science.
Regionwise, south India has done better than others. Thiruvanathapuram region is number 1 with overall pass percentage of 97.61%. Chennai was at the second place with overall pass percentage of 92.63%.
The overall pass percentage this year is 83.05 which is an improvement over last year’s 82 percent.
The schools will automatically get their results on the email ids already registered with the Board. Starting this year, CBSE will also provide Class XII digital mark sheets in DigiLocker at www.digilocker.gov.in.
The DigiLocker account credentials will be sent to students via SMS on their mobile number registered with CBSE.
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