Girl students have continued to outpace their male peers in the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams, attaining a higher pass rate and achieving more GPA-5 results.
This year, a total of 20,41,450 students -- 10,31,647 female and 10,09,803 male – took part in SSC exams.
Of them, 16,41,140 students passed this year's exams -- 8,44,736 girls and 7,96,404 boys -- with girls outnumbering boys by 48,332.
This year, 81.88 percent of girls passed, while the pass rate of boys was 78.87 which is 3.01 per cent more than their male counterparts.
Among the total, 98,614 girls secured GPA-5 while 84,964 boys achieved the highest grade point average, which is 13,650 more than the boys.
