Tamil Nadu Plus 2 results in five charts

All you need to know about Tamil Nadu Plus 2 results

May 13, 2017 09:33 am | Updated 09:41 am IST

In 2017, 8.9 lakh Tamil Nadu students appeared for their Class XII examinations through schools. Some 4.1 lakh were boys and 4.8 were girls. Nearly 8.22 lakh students passed, making the overall pass percentage 92.1, the highest in the last four years.

As usual the pass percentage was more among girls — 94.5 — compared to boys, 89.3. The lone transgender student passed.

High-scoring girls

About 31.5% or 2.8 lakh, of those who passed the exam scored less than 700 marks, ando nly 0.13% had a total above 1180.

As expected, girls tended to dominate in the high-score ranges. Out of the 1,171 students scoring more than 1,180 marks, 330 were boys and 841 were girls.

Stepping stones

This year, zoology followed by political science saw the most number of failure percentages, while homescience and nutrition & dietetics had the least.

Making the grade

The pass percentage, which has been on an increasing trend, continued to improve this year too with girls staying ahead of boys.

Centums

Compared to last year, the number of centums increased by 67% this year. Full scores in science subjects were nearly the same as last year.

 

 

 

Southern success

A district-wise pass percentage map shows that southern districts have performed relatively better when compared to the northern districts. Chennai is an exception.

Source: School education directorate, Tamil Nadu

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