The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Sunday declared the Class 10 and Class 12 results with 98.94 per cent and 96.93 per cent of students, respectively, clearing the board examinations.

In both classes, girls have outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 99.21% and 98.01% respectively in ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (Class 12). Boys, on the other hand, have secured a pass percentage of 98.71% and 95.96% respectively in ICSE and ISC.

In Class 10, nine students shared the top rank with 99.80 per cent. In Class 12, five students shared the first rank with 99.75 per cent.

The ICSE examinations were held from February 27 to March 29 while the ISC exams took place from February 13 till March 31.

A total of 2,37,631 students (128,131 boys and 109,500 girls) appeared for the ICSE examination. In the ISC exam, 98,505 students appeared (51,781 boys and 46,724 girls).