CBSE Results 2025: With 79.53 pass %, Prayagraj region at bottom for 4th year in a row

With 79.53 pass percentage, Prayagraj region, which covers 49 districts of Uttar Pradesh, is at the bottom among all the 17 regions of the country prepared by the board.

The Noida region that covers a few of western U.P. district was placed at 16th place with 81.29%. Last year too, Noida held the same position with 80.27%. This year, the overall pass percentage of the CBSE Class 12 is 88.39%, an increase by 0.41% as compared to last year’s 87.98 pass percentage.

Despite Prayagraj region students registering a marginal improvement in overall pass percentage as compared to last year’s result, it is at the bottom of the list. This year the region pass percentage is 79.53% against last year’s (2024) pass percentage of 78.25%.

In 2023 too, the region recorded lowest pass percentage of 78.05% among all 16 regions then in the CBSE Class 12 examination. And in 2022, this region notched a pass percentage of 83.71% which again was the lowest pass percentage among all the regions. The overall pass percentage for the CBSE Class 12 exam in 2022 was 92.71%.

Repeating the trend, southern regions continue to secure top four spots with Vijayawada (99.60%), Trivandrum (99.32%), Chennai (97.39%) and Bengaluru (95.95%).

CBSE class 10 result: Prayagraj region slips to 15th place

In the CBSE Class 10 exam result, the Prayagraj region slipped to 15th rank with the pass percentage of 91.01%. In 2024, the region had secured the 11th spot with a pass percentage of 92.72% and in 2023, it was 92.55%. The Noida region, with 89.41% , is ranked 16th this year. It held the same rank in 2024 with 90.46%.

Once again, all the top four spots were taken by the southern region. Trivandrum and Vijayawada jointly secured pass percentage of 99.79%, Bengaluru 98.90% and Chennai 98.71%). Guwahati, with a pass percentage of 88.14%, was the least scoring region.

This year, the CBSE Class 10 students had an overall pass percentage of 93.66% against 2024 when it was 93.06%, an increase by .06%. In 2023, it was pegged at 93.12% and in 2022 the pass percentage was 94.40%.

“To avoid unhealthy competition among students, the board has neither declared a merit list nor has it awarded any divisions to its students,” said Sanyam Bharadwaj, CBSE controller of examination.