Delhi schools outperforms national average in CBSE Class 12th results

Delhi schools outperforms national average in CBSE Class 12th results

The Community News/New Delhi

Delhi government on Friday lauded the students of government schools for outperforming national average in 2023 CBSE Class 12th results.

Delhi government schools have achieved a pass percentage of 91.59 percent while the national average stood at 87.33 percent.

However, the pass percentage of Delhi schools couldn’t surpass 2013 CBSE Class 12th results wherein the pass percentage stood at over 99 percent.

In CBSE Class 10th results, the pass percentage stood at 85.84 percent, 4.57 percent higher than last year.

Delhi Education Minister Atishi congratulated the students, parents and teachers and said the government schools performance proves that they are the best in the country.

“This outstanding result of Delhi’s government schools is a testament to the hard work of our teachers and students. 

It is a moment of pride that our schools have performed exceptionally well nationwide. 

Not only that, our schools have surpassed private schools and delivered a better performance than them as well,” she added.

Atishi stated that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led government is ensuring quality education to students and efforts are being made to maintain this trust.

She motivated the students who couldn’t clear the exams and said they should focus on improving results rather than stressing on it. She also urged the parents to support children and help them in succeeding in exams.

A total of 2.27 lakh students appeared in 12th CBSE Board exams in 2023 as compared to 1.64 lakh in 2022 and 1.29 lakh in 2018-19.

Out of 2.27 lakh students, 2.07 lakh students have passed CBSE class 12th results.

Sanjeev Kumar

Senior Journalist and former Correspondent with Thomson Reuters at Punjab, The Statesman at Delhi and Shimla; and Mid-Day, Delhi

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