India, May 14 -- Despite several students from the Noida region - which includes Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad - securing exceptional scores in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams for 2025, the overall Noida region's average at 81.29% was below the national average of 88.39%, according to the board's statistics released on Tuesday.

The Noida region was placed 16th among 17 CBSE regions, according to data. In Class 10, pass percentage was at 89.41%, but the region was ranked 16th, just ahead of Guwahati, Assam.

Gautam Budh Nagar district, which had the highest number of schools (235) in the Noida region, recorded a Class 12 pass percentage of 86.79%, with 17,993 out of 20,731 students passing. Among them, 91....