COIMBATORE: Coimbatore district has come first in the
Class XI state board examination in
Tamil Nadu by securing 98.10%
pass percentage. Last year, Coimbatore was third in the state with 97.6% pass percentage.
The state government released the Class XI examination results on Friday.
As usual, girls in the district have outnumbered boys with 98.69% pass rate. Boys have secured 97.30%.
A total of 112 disabled students attended the examination, and 107 of them passed.
“As many as 197 schools have secured 100% pass. They include 13 government higher secondary schools, a corporation school and a school run by adi dravidar and tribal welfare department,” said a statement from the school education department. All types of schools performed better this year, it said.