CBSE RESULTS FOR ALL INDIA / DELHI SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (CLASS XII), 2013

• Duration of Examination : 1st March 2013 to 17th April 2013
• Date of result declaration : 27th May, 2013 (All Regions).

RESULT STATISTICS :-

In total 944721 candidates were registered for class XII examination this year. This amounts for an increase of about 15.81% candidates over that of last year.

HIGHLIGHTS –

• Pass percentage of 2012 = 80.19
• Pass percentage of 2013 = 82.10

• Girls do better than boys. Pass percentage of girls is 87.98 as compared to that of boys which is 77.78.
• Pass percentage of regular students is 84.29 .
• Over all pass percentage of Chennai Region is 91.83 which is the highest as compared to other Regions.
• Cut Off Score for top 20 percentile for 2013 Examination:

INITIATIVES FOR CLASS XII 2013 EXAMINATIONS

• Improvement of Performance was permitted to all class XII candidates aspiring for JEE- even of  2011 examination irrespective of whether appeared in 2012 in relaxation of Rule 44.1 (i) of the  Examination Bye-laws.
• Improvement of performance / up gradation of performance was permitted in all the subjects in which the candidate had appeared in the previous year.
• The number of chances for Compartment for Class XII has been reduced to three from five. However, for candidates who have appeared for the 2012 examination or before and are placed in the category COMPARTMENT shall get upto five chances.
• Project work was introduced in Business Studies for 10 marks which were evaluated by external examiner.
• Introduction of Value Based Questions in all major subjects for class XII up to 3-5 marks. So as to follow an interdisciplinary approach where values are intermingled with the content of all the major subjects in classes IX and XII. The questions were based on content and analyzed on the basis of the values it reflects.
• Modified syllabus-2013 and SQP with Sample Questions based on values in the subject English (Elective), English (Core), English (Functional), Hindi (Elective), Hindi (Core), Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Accountancy, History, Geography, Business Studies, Entrepreneurship and Economics meant used for Board Examination for Class XII, March 2013 were available on the Board’s website.

Courtesy: CBSE