India, May 13 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the class 12 result 2026 on Wednesday afternoon.

This year, 17,80,365 students registered for the CBSE Class 12 examinations, out of which 17,68,968 appeared and 15,07,109 students passed. The overall pass percentage stood at 85.2%, down by 3.19 percentage points from last year's 88.39%.

Girls outperformed boys by 6.73 percentage points. Trivandrum recorded the highest pass percentage at 95.62%, while Prayagraj recorded the lowest at 72.43%.

Among children with special needs (CWSN) candidates, the pass percentage is 90.16%.

Explaining the possible reasons behind the decline, Dr Jyoti Arora, principal of Mount Abu Public School, said, "A slight decline in CBSE Cl...