Girls outshine boys in TelanganaC exams

Girls outshone boys in theC Public Examinations in Telangana this year for regular candidates by securing a higher pass percentage.

State Education Secretary B Janardhan Reddy and other officials Monday announced the results ofC Public Examinations, 2019 (X standard).

An impressive 92.43 percentage of regular candidates passed the examinations this year, as against the 83.78 per cent in 2018, an increase of 8.65 per cent.

"State percentage of passes of regular candidates is 92.43," Reddy told reporters.

Among regular candidates, the pass percentage for boys was 91.18 while it was 93.68 for girls.

TheC Public Examinations were conducted from March 16 to April 3. Spot valuation was held from April 15 to 26.

A total of 5,46,728 candidates (regular and private candidates put together) appeared for theC examinations this year as against 5,34,726 in 2018.

As many as 5,06,202 were regular candidates.

Among private candidates, the pass percentage stood at 56.53 (boys: 53.65 per ..