India, May 14 -- As the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 12 board examination results on Wednesday, the overall pass percentage in the Noida region recorded a dip this year, with the regional average falling from 81.29% in 2025 to 79.02% in 2026.

Notably, the Class 12 pass percentage also declined from 88.39% in 2025 to 85.20% this year nationally this time following the examinations that were conducted across the country from March 17 to April 9.

Noida region was ranked 20 out of total 22 regions ahead of Patna and Prayagraj. The region covers several districts in western Uttar Pradesh, including Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh and Bulandshahr. According to the CBSE data, 127,990 studen...