Prayagraj region last among all 17 regions in Class 12 result in terms of pass percentage

Prayagraj: In the Class 12 CBSE Board results announced on Tuesday, Prayagraj region ranked lowest among the 17 regions nationally, with a pass percentage of 79.53% against the national average of 88.39%.The region oversees CBSE-affiliated schools across 49 districts.Although the region showed a minor improvement from 78.25% in 2024, it remained at the bottom of national rankings.For Class 10, Prayagraj region secured the 15th position nationally with 91.01% pass rate, while the national pass percentage stood at 93.66%. The region comprises 1,827 schools with 505 examination centres spread in 49 districts of the state. Of 188,200 registered Class 12 students, 186,164 appeared for examinations (110,027 boys and 76,137 girls). Girls outperformed boys with 84.96% passing rate compared to 75.78% for boys, showing improvement from 2024's figures of 84.30% and 74.23% respectively.In district-wise performance, Balrampur led with 91.24% pass rate, followed by Lucknow at 90% and Auraiya at 89.19%. Unnao secured fourth position with 89.14% while Fatehpur ranked fifth at 88.75%. Prayagraj achieved 81.50% with 9,619 students passing out of 11,802.Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Varanasi Region demonstrated exceptional results with 2,573 students passing out of 2,579 examinees, achieving 99.77% success rate. This represented a 0.46% improvement from the previous year. Twenty-five out of 31 KVs achieved 100% pass rate.Only five students were placed in the supplementary category, and just one was placed in essential repeat (fail)."It is the efforts of the principals and staff members of the KVs under our region and also the hard work of the students who have made us proud," said deputy commissioner, KVS Varanasi Region, AK Mishra. The efforts of the two assistant commissioners of the regional office, Shalini Dikshit and DC Meena, were equally applaudable, he added.