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Tamil Nadu Board Result 2018: Class 12 result announced, girls perform better than boys
Tamil Nadu Board Result 2018: The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE), Tamil Nadu, declared the Class 12 result today. Students can check their result on the official website tnresults.nic.in
Tamil Nadu Board Result 2018: Tamil Nadu’s directorate of government examinations declared the results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC +2) or Class 12 board examinations on Wednesday morning. Students can check their result on the official website tnresults.nic.in
Here’s the direct link to check the result.
91.1% students passed the Class 12 board examinations. Girls perform better than boys. The pass percentage of girls is 94.1 and of boys is 87.7.
Of the 8,60,434 students who appeared for the examination, 7,84,081 cleared it. The highest pass percentage was recorded in Virudhu Nagar (97.05), followed by Erode (96.35) and Tiruppur (96.18).
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Here’s how to check:
* Log on to tnresults.nic.in
* Type in your registration no and date of birth
* Click on Get Marks
* View your result and take a print out
The DGE had earlier announced the date and time for the result. The evaluation of answer sheets for class 10 and 12 board exams had started on April 12, 2018. No date has been announced for the declaration of the Class 10 result yet.
The Tamil Nadu Board HSC +2 exams started on March 1 and ended on April 6 this year.
Last year, Tamil Nadu witnessed a marginal improvement in the performance of students in the TN HSC +2 exams as the overall pass percentage was recorded at 92.1 as compared to 91.4 in 2016.
The directorate said that out of the 893,262 students, who took the exam, 822,838 passed. Girls performed better with a pass percentage of 94.5 as compared to 89.3% for boys. It said 1,171 students scored over 1,180 out of 1,200 marks.
Virudhnagar topped all the districts with a pass percentage of 97.85.
The state did not release the names of the toppers and its education minister KA Sengottaiyan said that naming them would put additional pressure on students who scored less than the toppers.
Students across the state welcomed the government’s decision to refrain from naming the toppers immediately.
