The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 12 board examination results for 2026, recording an overall pass percentage of 85.20 per cent.
This year, the CBSE Class 12 pass percentage dropped by 3.19 percentage points compared to 2025, when the overall pass percentage stood at 88.39 per cent.
Students can check their results on CBSE website: https://cbseresults.nic.in/
According to CBSE, a total of 1,780,365 students registered for the Class 12 examinations in 2026. Of these, 1,768,968 students appeared for the exams, and among them, 1,507,109 students have been declared successful.
The Class 12 results also showed girls surpassing boys in terms of overall pass percentage. According to the board results, the pass percentage for girls stood at 88.86 per cent, while for boys it was recorded at 82.13 per cent, giving girls a lead of 6.73 percentage points over boys. This consistent trend of girls outperforming boys continues to be a notable feature of CBSE board results in recent years.
Delhi students shine bright
In terms of regional performances, students from the Delhi zone stood out against the national average. The pass percentage for the Delhi West region was recorded at 92.34 per cent, while for the Delhi East region it stood at 91.73 per cent. A total of 301,977 students from the Delhi zone registered for the Class 12 board examinations. Of these students, 300,732 appeared for the exams, and 276,583 successfully cleared them.
This time, the Class 12 examinations were conducted from February 17, 2026, to April 10, 2026. Arrangements were made for 19,967 schools and 7,573 examination centres across the country for the exams, whereas in 2025, there were 19,299 schools and 7,330 centres.
In a significant development, the CBSE board adopted a digital evaluation method for the first time in the evaluation process of students’ answer scripts. According to the board, the digital evaluation drive accounted for the largest such exercise undertaken till now, with about 9,866,622 answer sheets evaluated digitally. This full-scale implementation of the ‘On-Screen Marking’ system is being viewed as a major reform aimed at ensuring greater transparency, accuracy and efficiency in the result declaration process.
(With IANS inputs)