CBSE Board Exams 2017 Starts for Class 10th, 12th
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10, Class 12 board exams started today, March 9. A total of 19,85,397 students from Classes 10 and 12 have registered for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams this year. CBSE Board Exam 8,86,506 students are from class 10 and 10,98,891 are from class 12.
Number of registered candidates for Class 10:
Examination
|
Category
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2016
|
2017
| ||
|
School Based
|
Board Based
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School Based
|
Board Based
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Boys
|
440459
|
452421
|
473339
|
515891
| |
Girls
|
292796
|
313617
|
308124
|
370615
| |
Total
|
73325
|
766038
|
781463
|
886506
|
Percentage of increase:
School based: 6.57 per cent
Board Based: 15.73 per cent
Number of registered candidates for Class 12:
Examination
|
Category
|
2016
|
2017
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% Increase
|
Sr. School Certificate Examination (Class 12)
|
Boys
|
621259
|
628865
|
2.76
|
Girls
|
446641
|
460026
|
2.91
| |
Total
|
1067900
|
1098891
|
2.82
|
Number of school registered:
Class 10: Last year, a total of 15,309 schools registered for the exam while this year it has increased to 16,363.
Class 12: From 10678 schools registered last year, 557 more schools have been added.
State wise number of candidates:
Chennai has the highest number of students for the Class 10 board exams i.e. 1, 54,401 candidates
Delhi has taken the top position for the number of students registered for the class 12 boards i.e. 2, 58,321
Panchkula has the largest number of exam centres for both class 10 and 12 exams.
CBSE Board informed, "It has made all possible efforts to maintain reasonable time gap between the major papers and also ensured that the students appearing for Joint Engineering Exam and upcoming National Eligibility cum Entrance Test complete the CBSE examinations ahead of these entrance exams."
CBSE was established in 1962. CBSE is the body that affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas, all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, private schools and schools approved by central government of India.
CBSE Board conducts the Class 10 and Class 12 exam in the month of March every year. CBSE Result 2017 Class 10 and CBSE Result 2017 Class 12 will be announced in the month of May.