LUCKNOW, April 30 -- Uttar Pradesh students fell just short of the national overall pass percentage in both ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (Class 12) 2026 examinations. The results were declared by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday.

This year, the overall national pass percentage for the ICSE exam is 99.18%, and for the ISC exam 99.13%. While the pass percentage for Uttar Pradesh students in the ICSE examination is 98.64%, in ISC it is 98.96%, which is quite close to the national figure for both classes. Last year, UP students' pass percentage in ICSE was 98.40%, and in ISC it was 98.82%.

From UP, 49,641 students appeared in ICSE examinations, including 27,625 boys (55.65%) and 22,016 girls (44.35%). Of...