CBSE results: Girls make grade as achievers

Girls once again outshone boys in this year’s Grade X and XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations.

Shaziya Kalam from Our Own English High School (OOEHS), Dubai, has come top in the UAE in the Grade X CBSE exams by scoring an aggregate of 96.2 per cent.

Reshmasree from OOEHS, Abu Dhabi, scored 96 per cent, thereby coming top in Abu Dhabi. Over 97 per cent of Gulf students have passed this year’s Grade X exam, as against 96.68 per cent last year.

In the CBSE Grade XII exams, the overall pass percentage has been 80.91, an increase of 0.27 per cent over last year.

OOEHS, Dubai’s Jincy James has scored the highest in Science (94.2 per cent), while Mary Sophia has scored the highest in Humanities (84.8 per cent). Sundeep from OOEHS, Al Warqa’a, has scored the highest in Commerce (95.2 per cent).

Subject-wise, the highest average percentage in English has been scored by girls from OOEHS, Al Ain (89.9 per cent), while boys from OOEHS, Al Warqa’a have scored the highest in Maths (76.1 per cent). In Physics and Computer Science, girls from OOEHS, Dubai have scored the highest averages (82.2 and 86.9 per cent respectively), while in Biology, Chemistry, Accountancy and Economics, girls from OOEHS, Sharjah have scored the highest (80.1, 84, 83.4 and 72.2 per cent respectively).

Source: xpress4me.com