Chandigarh, May 14 -- The City Beautiful improved its Class 12 pass percentage to 90.91% this year, up from 90.24% in 2024, as per the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results declared on Tuesday.

However, Chandigarh still trailed behind its neighbouring states and Union territories (UTs), ranking lower than Punjab (92.47%), Haryana (91.04%), Himachal Pradesh (92.76%) and Jammu & Kashmir (94.75%). It performed better than only Ladakh (52.46%), the worst scorer in the entire country.

Even among UTs, Chandigarh fared worse than most, including Delhi that had a pass percentage of 95.23%. In fact, only Puducherry (90.39%) and Ladakh ranked lower than Chandigarh among all UTs.

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