India, May 14 -- Over 85 per cent class 12 students have cleared the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination, the board announced on Wednesday. The overall pass rate has dipped by over three percentage points compared to the last year, the result show. Girls once again outperformed boys in the examinations and recorded 88.86 pass percentage, while for boys, it stood at 82.13 per cent.

Marking a first, the CBSE carried out full-scale evaluation of class 12 exam answer sheets through 'On Screen Marking' (OSM), under which 98,66,622 answer books were digitally assessed by around 70,000 evaluators.

Department of School Education & Literacy Secretary Sanjay Kumar said this year some there is a difference in the percentage of ...