News Desk: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X examination 2012 results for the Chennai region were announced on Monday evening. The region recorded a pass percentage of 99.66.


Out of the total 1, 52,024 students who appeared for the examination, a total of 1, 51,509 qualified for admission to higher classes under the new continuous comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system in Chennai region.


The Chennai region covers schools affiliated to the CBSE in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu.


A total of 2,117 schools, including independent schools, Jawahar Navodaya and Kendriya Vidyalayas, appeared in the examination in the Chennai region. The overall performance is reflected in individual subjects in the form of grades instead of marks.


The CBSE is an education board for public as well as private schools that comes under the jurisdiction of Union Government of India.


The results for the class X exams are available at http://cbseresults.nic.in/

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