Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya (top) and DAV Public School, Pokhariput, in Bhubaneswar after declaration of the CBSE results on Thursday. Picture by Ashwinee Pati and Telegraph picture

Bhubaneswar, May 24: Odisha has outperformed Bengal and Chhattisgarh in this year’s CBSE Class X examinations, the results of which were announced this evening. The three states come under the Bhubaneswar region.

While Odisha’s success scorecard reads 99.48 per cent, the pass percentage of Bengal is 98.95 per cent and Chhattisgarh is 99.13 per cent. A total of 45,569 students appeared for the board exam from Bhubaneswar region of which 45,118 have passed. Last year, around 22,000 candidates had appeared from the Bhubaneswar region.

Of the 13,644 students, who took the exam from the state, 13,573 secured pass marks. The chain of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas emerged as the best performers with over 66.68 per cent students securing A+ grades.

Private schools came second with 43.28 per cent students scoring A+ grades and Kendriya Vidyalayas came third with 41.76 per cent students securing the top grade. Only eight per cent of government schools scored A+.

“Girls have performed better than boys in the region,” said regional officer of the CBSE Bhubaneswar region, M.V.V. Prasad Rao. While 47.36 per cent girls scored A+ grade, 41.92 per cent boys came under this category. This time, 292 boys and 132 girls will appear for the compartmental exam.

Students of Sai International School in Bhubaneswar celebrate their success in the CBSE exams. Telegraph pictures

Only 0.66 per cent students secured marks between 30 and 40 while 30.80 per cent students fetched between 60 and 75 marks.

Similarly, 44.18 per cent students got more than 75 marks. There are about 580 schools in the Bhubaneswar region, including 150 schools in Odisha.

CBSE officials here said this year more than 60 per cent candidates opted for the school-conducted summative test instead of taking the board exams.

“Only 35 of the 110 examinees from Sai International had opted for the CBSE exam pattern; the rest preferred to go for the internal assessment (by schools) in which they had to answer questions set by the board but their answer scripts were evaluated here based on the marking scheme supplied by the board and scores sent to CBSE head office,” said principal of Sai International School Arun Prakash.

In both CBSE and school conducted exams, results are announced at the same time and by the board. The school-based assessment certificates are also issued by the board and are same for all school students. “However, the marks of a student, who has opted for school level exams, are not accepted in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu,” he said.

The Class X grade points are awarded on a nine-point scale. “Any student wishing to know the approximate percentage in a subject can multiply the grade point obtained in that subject with a factor of 9.5. That will give the student an idea about the approximate percentage obtained by him/her in that subject,” a CBSE official said.

With the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in place, where students are given grades instead of marks, anxious days and sleepless nights for Class X candidates seem to have become a thing of the past. “The grade system ensures that there are no toppers, no tears,” said Ankita Das, a Class X student of DAV Public School (Pokhariput), Bhubaneswar.

As per the CCE system, 60 per cent of the marks are given by the school, while the rest 40 per cent is taken into account by the board to determine the performance of students in the final exam. This evaluation pattern has helped reduce the pressure and led to better performance in exams, authorities said.

Though the results were expected to be available on the CBSE websites by 4pm, it was postponed to 7pm. “It was only through local television channels that we came to know that publication of results had been delayed by three hours,” said Sashi Sekhar Jaiswal, a Class X student of a Cuttack-based school.

Websites for checking the results also remained busy for a long time. “I was waiting for my results since morning. But when we logged into the website, it did not show any results. Most of my friends faced similar problems. I got my result after trying for nearly 45 minutes,” said Aditya Mohanty, a student of DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack.