CBSE Class 10th results for Chennai region announces

Giving a surprise to students and schools, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday evening declared the results of Class X examination for the Chennai region as it was not expected till 5 p.m..

The results which announced in late night on Monday/Tuesday morning displayed a success of 99.66 pass percentage overall.

The results can be seen at: http://cbseresults.nic.in/class1011/cbse1011bnm.htm

Declaring the board said in an official release that out of 1,52,024 students who appeared for the examination, a total of 1,51,509 have qualified for admission to higher classes under the new continuous comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system.

A total of 2,117 schools, including independent schools, Jawahar Navodaya and Kendriya Vidyalayas, appeared in the examination in the Chennai region comprising Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

With the CBSE making board exam optional, only 97,259 students had registered for the board exam with others opting for school-based test, CBSE Regional Officer D T Sudharsan Rao said.

Under the CCE, the performance is assessed encompassing students' achievements in scholastic as well as co-scholastic areas. The overall performance is reflected in individual subjects in the form of grades instead of marks.

A total of 432 students, who finished in the rock-bottom grades of E1 and E2, are put under the category EIOP (Eligible for Improvement of Performance) and can appear for improvement of their performance as per board rules, it said.

Verification

Candidates who wish to apply for verification of marks can do so within 21 days of the declaration of results.

Those students who wish to apply for improvement of performance can apply in the prescribed form before June 22.

The tentative date of this examination will be July 16.

--With Agencies Inputs--