M Gayatri National topper with 99.2 per cent

New Delhi, May 25: M Gayatri of New Green Fields School, New Delhi has topped the Class 12 CBSE examination in the country securing 99.2 per cent.

M Gayatri�of New Green Fields School, New Delhi has topped the exam in the country securing 99.2 per cent. She scored 496 marks out of 500. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today declared the results for Class XII examination, with 82 per cent students passing the exam and girls faring better than boys.

The pass percentage of girls stood at 87.56 as compared to 77.77 per cent of the boys.

The overall pass percentage was marginally lower than last year where 82.70 per cent students had passed the exam as against 82 per cent this year.

Thiruvananthapuram region registered the highest pass percentage at 95.41. In all, 10,40,368 candidates had registered for Class XII examination this year, an increase of about 1.2 per cent candidates over that of last year.

Photocopies of the evaluated answer sheets will be provided to the candidate(s) requesting for it and only to those candidates who have applied for verification of marks.

Applications will be accepted by the Board from June 13 to June 17, CBSE said in a statement. The compartmental Examination will be held on July 16, 2015.