The number of boys scoring the perfect 10 CGPA was also more than the number of girls this year, officials said.
The CBSE Class X results today threw up more than one surprise with the pass percentage dropping by over 5 per cent since last year and boys outperforming girls, a marked shift from previous batches. The number of boys scoring the perfect 10 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) was also more than the number of girls this year, officials said.
The pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education's Class X result fell to 90.95 per cent from 96.21 per cent last year, registering a dip of 5.26 per cent.
However, the pass percentage of boys improved by a significant margin, jumping from last year's 78.9 per cent to 93.4 per cent; that of girls improved from 88.6 to 92.5 per cent. Unlike recent years, boys have done better than girls by 0.9 per cent.
While 1,05,188 boys have scored a CGPA of 10, 1,00,950 girls have scored the perfect number.
Trivandrum region has the highest pass percentage at 99.85, followed by Madras at 99.62 and Allahabad at 98.23 per cent. Delhi fared badly, recording a pass percentage of 78.09 per cent against last year's 91.06 per cent, a fall of 13.67 per cent.
CBSE announced the results of five regions -- Delhi, Chennai, Dehradun, Trivandrum and Allahabad -- at around noon.
The results of the remaining five regions -- Ajmer, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Guwahati and Patna -- were announced towards the evening.
Anxious students and parents had to wait as the board's website crashed half an hour before the result was scheduled to be declared due to heavy traffic.
A total of 16,67,573 candidates from 16,347 schools had appeared for the exam at 3,972 centres across the country this year.
This was the last batch appearing for the optional board examination for Class X with the CBSE restoring the compulsory examination from next year.
On May 28, the board had declared the results for class XII which had seen a dip of over one per cent in the pass percentage.
How to check CBSE 10th Results:
1. Log on to either of the official websites: cbse.nic.in, cbseresults.nic.in.
2. Click on the tab highlighted “CBSE X Board Results 2017 (All Regions)”
3. Keep information like roll number handy to access CBSE Board Result 2017
4. Take a printout of the result for future reference.
Candidates are advised to collect the official mark sheets from their respective institutes.
Topping this year's CBSE Class XII results on May 28, Raksha Gopal, a student of Amity International School scored 99.6 percent and became all India topper.
The CBSE, earlier this month, decided to not to move the Supreme Court to challenge the Delhi High Court instructions stating that evaluation for the class 10 exams this year should be done as per the grace marks policy.
Aiming to check high cut-offs in colleges, the CBSE had scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to the students in exams for difficult questions.
In a reply to plea filed by parents and some students, the Delhi High Court earlier instructed the board to follow its 'moderation policy'.
Under the moderation policy, students are awarded up to 15 percent extra marks in certain papers if the questions are deemed to be difficult.
Details about Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
The Central Board of Secondary Education was reconstituted in the year 1962 with the main objectives "to serve the educational institutions more effectively, to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the central government and had frequently transferable jobs."
As a result of the reconstitution, the erstwhile 'Delhi Board of Secondary Education' was merged with the Central Board and thus all the educational institutions recognised by the Delhi Board also became a part of the Central Board. Subsequently, all the schools located in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Andaman and Nicobar Island, Arunachal Pradesh, the state of Sikkim, and now Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh have also got affiliation with the Board.
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