Tamil Nadu State Board results key updates | T.N. records 94.56% pass rate in class 12 State board exams

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s Chennai Schools have registered an overall pass percentage of 87.13%.

A total of 4,998 students of 35 Corporation higher secondary schools in the city appeared for the Class XII public examination for the academic year 2023-24 of which 4,355 students passed. This is a slight uptick compared to the previous year’s pass rate - 86.86%.

Dharmapuri registered a total pass percentage of 93.55% in the Plus Two exams. Of these, girls exceeded the district average with a pass percentage of 95.32% and boys recorded 91.66%. A total of 17,228 students appeared for the Plus Two exams

Salem district registered an overall pass percentage of 94.60 in the Class XII public examinations. 

Namakkal district recorded an overall pass percentage of 96.10.

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In the Nilgiris, 94.27 percent of children who appeared for the Class 12 exams passed. As per the data released by the Directorate of Government Examination on Monday, it was revealed that 5,740 out of 6089 students in the district have passed.

According to officials, the pass percentage rate is higher in 2024, as a total of 93.85 percent of all students who appeared for the exam in 2023 managed to pass last year. 

Erode district registered an overall pass percentage of 97.42 in the Class XII public examinations, the results of which were declared on Monday. In 2023, the overall pass percentage was 96.98.

Krishnagiri registered a total pass percentage of 91.87% in class XII exams. The pass percentage was marginally higher from last year’s pass percentage of 91.87%.

As many as 19,764 students passed the Class XII Board exams in Villupuram district, according to the results published on Monday. 

The district registered an overall pass percentage of 93.17%, moving to the 27th position from the 33rd position last year. 

Of the 21,213 who appeared for the exam, 11,012 girls who wrote the exams passed all subjects, and 10,201 boys passed. 

Cuddalore district jumped to the 22nd position at the State level with an overall pass percentage of 94.36. Last year, the district was in the 27th position. 

Out of 28,518 candidates who appeared for the examination, 26,911 emerged successful.

The pass percentage for boys and girls who wrote the exam in the district was 92.32% and 96.29% respectively.

The Puducherry and Karaikal regions have registered a 92.41% pass percentage in the Class 12 examinations held in March this year, a slight dip from the pass percentage registered in both regions during last year’s exams, which stood at 92.68%. 

Of 14,012 students from government and private schools, 7,446 were girls and 6,556 were boys. Of the total 12, 948 students who have passed the exam, 7,081 were girls and 5,867 were boys. The pass percentage among girl students was 95.10% and among boys, 89.35%. 

Virudhunagar district took a big plunge to the sixth spot in the State in overall pass percentage in Plus Two exam results with only 96.64% of the students passing out. 

The district has been dethroned from the top spot it had secured in 2023 with an overall success rate of 97.85%. The previous year it was ranked second position in the State with a 97.27% success rate. The slip of 1.21% of the overall pass percentage when compared to 2023 has cost the top five ranks for the district in the State. 

Out of the 21,277 students who had appeared for the Plus Two examination, only 20,562 had passed out. Among them the girls had fared well with 98.07% success rate (11,311 out of 11,534) while the boys had secured a 94.95% pass percentage. The difference of 3.12% between the success rate of boys and girls has pulled down the performance of the district. 

Besides, the performance of the Government schools also contributed to the downfall of the district’s ranking, according to an official in the Department of Education. The Government schools, numbering 99, have registered a lower pass percentage of 93.12%. 

Out of the 7,359 students, only 6,853 had passed out. Even among the Government school students, the girls have performed better with 96.13% coming out successfully while only 89.52% of boys passed out. 

The Tiruppur district achieves the highest pass percentage in the 12th State board results in Tamil Nadu at 97.45%, while Coimbatore follows closely with 96.97%.

Of the 23,849 students who took the examination in the Tiruppur district, 23,242 have passed. Out of the 10,383 government school students who appeared for the exams in the district, 10,037 passed, including 4,548 males and 5,935 females. 

Engineering admissions for Anna University and affiliated colleges have begun application registration. Aspirants may submit their applications by June 6. The merit list will be released on July 10. The start of counselling is to be announced later. 

In Chennai, the pass percentage stood at 87.13% in Chennai Corporation schools -- 4,355 students of the total 4,995 in the 35 Corporation higher secondary schools, passed. Last academic year, 2022-2023, of the 5,899 students at 32 Corporation schools who took the exam, 5,124 passed - 86.86%. 

Of 7.73 lakh students there were 4.1 lakh girls, 3.6 lakh boys, and one transgender person who wrote the 12th standard public examination at 3,202 centres.

While 96.44% of girls cleared the exams, about 92.37% of boys passed, while the one transgender person also passed. As many as 2,478 schools of the total 7,532 schools in the State recorded a 100% pass rate. A total of 397 government schools recorded a 100% pass rate. Private schools outperformed other schools this year with a 98.7% pass percentage. 

Out of the 5,603 candidates with disabilities who wrote the exam, 5,161 of them passed. A total of 125 prison inmates took up the exam, out of which 115 passed. As many as 26,352 students have scored a centum in any one subject.