J. Pavithra from Vikas Vidyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School, Tiruppur, and L.B. Nivetha from Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School Coimbatore topped the Higher Secondary Examinations with a total of 1192 marks and Tamil as their first language.
Two students secured 1194 marks with first languages other than Tamil. Sresha C.S from Velammal Matric Higher Secondary School, Mogappair with French as first language, and S. Mahalakshmi from D.A.V Higher Secondary School Gopalapuram with Sanskrit as first language scored the highest marks amongst the non-Tamil students.
In the examination whose results were announced on Thursday, a total of 8,82,260 students wrote the examination, and the pass percentage was 90.6 per cent. Amongst the boys, the pass percentage was 87.5 per cent, while the girls had a pass percentage of 93.4 per cent. A total of 5,03,318 students scored over 60 per cent. In the general stream, 3,49,734 boys and 4,25,596 girls appeared for the examination, while 39,149 boys and 24,812 girls from the vocational stream appeared for the examination.
