Mohali, May 14 -- The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Wednesday announced the Class 12 results for the 2025-26 academic session, revealing an overall pass percentage of 91.46%, an improvement from the 91% recorded last year.

Of the 2,65,417 candidates who appeared for the examination, 2,42,755 students passed, while 5,109 students failed and 17,495 received compartments.

Girls dominated the merit list and outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 94.73% against 88.52%.

Out of 278 students on the merit list, 217 are girls and 61 are boys.

All six transgender candidates who sat for the exams passed, maintaining a 100% success rate for the category.

The state merit list was topped by three students who achieved perfect scores ...