India, May 14 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday, May 13, announced the class 12 results for the academic year (AY) 2024-25 according to which, the overall pass percentage has risen slightly to 88.39% from last year's 87.98% with Pune recording a passing percentage of 90.93%.

This year, the class 12 exam was held between February 15 and April 4 at various centres across India with around 44 lakh students appearing for the exam. In Maharashtra, students from 561 schools appeared for the exam held at 322 centres. This year too, girls scored better than boys in the class 12 exam with a passing percentage of 92.97% as compared to the boys' passing percentage of 89.17%.

Many schools including DPS, Sanskriti and Orb...