Chennai Corpn schools record 76.10% pass percentage in Class 10 boards

CHENNAI: In Class 10 board results released on Friday, Chennai Corporation school students registered 79.60 pass percentage.

The pass percent for the last academic year was at 76.10 percent.

In comparison with the previous year, pass percentage saw an increase of 3.5 per cent. As per Greater Chennai Corporation data, out of 3,375 girls as many as 2,881 of them cleared the boards with 85.36 per cent.

Subsequently, out of 3,538 boys appearing for the exam 2,622 managed to pass with 74.11 per cent.

Two schools, Chennai High School (CHS), Rangarajapuram and CHS, Thousand Light secured full pass percentage. Meanwhile, three centums were recorded overall, two in maths from Chennai Government Higher Secondary School (CGHSS), Pulla Avenue and Market Street school.

Aanother centum was recorded in Science by a girl student from CGHSS, Pulla Avenue school.

And, among the Corporation schools, 12 students managed to get 99 per cent.

The top five CHS with high percentage are; CHS, Rangarajapuram and Thousand Lights (100 percent), CHS Kodungaiyur (98.04 percent), CGHSS Nungambakkam (97.92 percent), CUBHS Washermenpet (97.44 percent) and CHS Cooks Road (97.30 percent).

Speaking to DT Next, Deputy Commissioner (Education) Sharanya Ari said, "We have already been conducting weekly meetings with HMs. Now the focus will be on HMs and teachers corresponding to schools that could not deliver expected good results."