TN Class XII: 77% score above 400 marks, 5% more than 551

TN Class XII: 77% score above 400 marks, 5% more than 551

All 8L Registered For Class XII Exams Declared Pass

Chennai:20.07.2021 

All 8,16,473 students who had registered for Class XII TN board exams were declared pass under the weightage system on Monday. School education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi released the results and within minutes the students got text messages on their registered mobile numbers with the mark details. Of the 8,16,973 students, 4,35,973 were girls and 3,80,500 were boys.

As many as 39,679 (4.86%) students got in the range of 551 marks to 600 marks. More than 77% of the students scored above 400 marks out of 600. “This year, 30,600 students scored between 551 marks and 600 marks in the science stream, compared to1,867 students the previous year. In commerce stream, 8,909 students scored in the same range, compared to 4,437 students last year. In the vocational group, 136 got above 551 marks,” he said.

The state government gave 50% weightage to Class X board exam marks, 20% to Class XI board marks and 30% to Class XII practical and internal assessment. As many as 33,557 students, who had arrears in Class XI, were also promoted due to Covid-19, Poyyamozhi said. He added that the optional exam for aggrieved students with the weightage system and exam for 39,000 private candidates will be held in September or October. TNN

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