Once again girls outshone boys in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts in the SSLC examinations the results of which were declared on Friday.
In Thanjavur revenue district – comprising Thanjavur, Pattukkottai and Kumbakonam education districts – out of the 16,453 boys who appeared for the exams only 15,349 secured a pass while out of the 17,391 girls who took the exams 16,875 came out successful. While the overall district pass percentage stood at 95.21, the pass percentage of girls was 97.03 and that of the boys was 93.29.
Pattukkottai education district secured a pass percentage of 96.81, followed by Thanjavur at 95.65 while Kumbakonam trailed with 93.45 %.
A total of 151 schools from Thanjavur district, including 67 government schools, secured cent percent pass. This year's showing by Thanjavur district in terms of percentage that stood at 95.21 was a tad lower than last year's that was 95.39%.
Chief Education Officer Subashini released the results and the details at the Kalyanasundaram Higher Secondary School in the presence of department officials.
In Tiruvarur district, 15,774 out of the total 17,151 students who took the SSLC exams secured pass marks to ensure that the district tallied 91.97%. That was 2.64% up over that of last year's showing. A total of 57 schools, including 19 government schools secured cent percent pass in the exams as the district moved one spot up in the State list with regards to overall pass percentage when compared to its performance the previous year.
In Nagapattinam district, out of the 22,299 students from 272 schools who took the SSLC exams 20,382 cleared the exams to give an aggregate pass percentage of 91.40, up by 1.97% over that of last year's showing.
A total of 9,641 out of 10,833 boys and 10,741 out of the total 11,466 girls secured a pass in the SSLC exams. Out of the 272 schools, 78, including 27 government schools, secured cent percent pass.
