Chennai, May 8 (UNI) In line with the pattern seen over the

years, Girls once again outshone boys in the Plus-2 Board

exams conducted by the Tamil Nadu government, results

of which were announced on Thursday.

The results were released by the Tamil Nadu Directorate

of Government Examinations a day ahead of the scheduled

date of tomorrow.

The state recorded an impressive overall pass percentage

of 95.03%.

A total of 7,92,494 students appeared for the exams. Among

them, 4,19,316 were girls and 3,73,178 were boys.

Girls outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 96.70%,

while boys recorded a pass percentage of 93.16%.

The pass percentage of girls was 3.54 % higher than boys.

The overall pass percentage this year was 0.47 % higher

when compared to 94.56 per cent last year (2024).

While the government schools recorded 91.94% pass percentage,

government-aided schools performed even better at 95.71 per cent

and private schools topped the list registering 98.88 pass percentage

this year.

There were 10,049 absentees.

District-wise, Ariyalur topped the chart with a remarkable pass percentage

of 98.82%, followed by Erode (97.98%), Tiruppur (97.53%), Coimbatore

(97.48%) and Kanyakumari (97.01%).

Computer Science subject registered the highest number of centum with

9,536 students securing 100 out of 100, followed by Chemistry (3,181),

Mathematics (3,022), Commerce (1,624), and Accountancy (1,240).

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