Raipur, April 29 -- The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education on Wednesday declared the Class 10 and Class 12 board results, with girls outperforming boys in both exams and overall pass percentages showing a slight increase from last year.

The overall pass percentage stood at 83.04% in Class 12 and 77.15% in Class 10, according to official data released by the board. Last year, the Class 12 pass percentage was 81.87%, while the Class 10 pass percentage was 76.53%.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced the results in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao and School Education Minister Gajendra Yadav.

In Class 12, girls recorded a pass percentage of 86.04%, compared to 78.86% for boys. A total of 2.44 lakh students appeared...