New Delhi, May 16 -- The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE), Tamil Nadu, has announced the SSLC (Class 10) examination results for the academic year 2024-25. The results were released at 9:00 AM today, with the state registering an impressive overall pass rate of 93.8% - a notable improvement from last year's 91.5%.

This year, a total of 8,71,239 students sat for the examinations conducted in March, out of which 8,17,261 candidates successfully cleared them. Girls continued their academic dominance, achieving a pass rate of 95.88%, significantly ahead of boys who registered a pass percentage of 91.74%. This marks a gender gap of over four percentage points favouring female students.

Out of the 12,485 schools that took part in ...