India, May 15 -- The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) announced Class 10 results on Thursday, with Gurugram slipping four spots to rank 18 after recording a pass percentage of 89.44%.

A total of 15,266 students from Gurugram appeared for the examination, of whom 13,654 passed.

The overall state pass percentage stood at 89.60%, down from 92.89% last year. The exams were conducted between February 26 and March 20 across 1,431 centres in the state.

Around 276,640 students, including 133,000 girls and 143,000 boys, appeared for the examination in the state. Of them, 247,860 passed, while 6,201 were placed in the "essential repeat" category.

Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 91.64%, compared to 87.69% among bo...