Marginal rise in Plus Two pass percentage

The Hindu Girls students of a school in Perambur, Chennai cheer up after their good showing in the Plus Two exams, in Chennai on Friday, May 14, 2010. V. Ganesan

 Source : The Hindu,14th May,2010

Students in Tamil Nadu who took the Class XII Higher Secondary Examination this March have recoded a pass percentage of 85.2, according to the results declared by the Directorate of Government Examinations here on Friday. This is a 2.2 percentage point-increase from last year’s 83 per cent. 

Keeping up with the tradition, girls have outdone boys. The pass percentage among girls is 88 per cent, while that among boys is 81.9 per cent. Girls of this batch have also recorded a 2.5 percentage point-increase from the 85.5 per cent that they had obtained last year. 

As many as 1,762 students have scored a centum in Mathematics. However, the number is a considerable decrease compared to last year, when 4,060 students obtained full marks in the subject. This year, a section of students and teachers had observed that the mathematics question paper was lengthy and difficult. 

Rank holders

For port city Tuticorin, it was time to celebrate, as R. Pandian of S.V. Hindu Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School (HSS) emerged State topper among students who studied Tamil as their first language, obtaining a total of 1,187 out of 1,200. 

R. Sandhiya of Vivekananda Higher Secondary School, Namakkal, and C. Karunya and M. Dinesh of S.V. Mandir Matriculation HSS., Krishnagiri, obtained the second rank in the category, with a total of 1,186.

The third rank in the category was shared by 5 students – P. Pradakshna of CVPACRR Matriculation HSS., Virudhunagar, B. Abinaya of BVB Matriculation HSS., Erode, S. Manochitra of Kurinji Matriculation HSS., Namakkal, F. Anto Nazarene of Arasunagar Matriculation HSS., Ariyalur, and Srividya Sampath of Prince Matriculation HSS., Madipakkam, Chengalpattu, with all of them scoring 1,185. 

In the category of students who had taken Tamil or any other language as second language, Anu Asaithambi of DAV Matriculation HSS., Chennai, emerged first in the State with a total of 1,188.