CBSE class XII results: Karnataka slips to 5th spot

Bengaluru: With Karnataka securing a 95.56 pass percentage, lower than Telangana, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, in the CBSE class XII results announced on Saturday, the state has slipped to fifth position from last year’s third in the Chennai region.

But the girls, who appeared for the examination,  have done better with a  96.71 pass percentage, while the boys managed only a 94.63 pass percentage. As many as 4,001 of the 4,137 girls and 4,830 of the 5,104 boys who appeared for the examination cleared it.

In all, 9,241 students  appeared for the examination in Karnataka. Digital mark sheets: Starting this year, the CBSE is providing digital mark sheets for Class XII in a DigiLocker account at https://digilocker.gov.in <https://digilocker.gov.in/> . Its credentials will  be sent to students through SMSes on their mobile numbers registered with the CBSE.

Tele-counselling
The CBSE launched a Tele-Helpline on Saturday to counsel students. Available  till June 4, it will be manned by 63 experts including principals, trained counsellors from CBSE affiliated government and private schools and a few psychologists. While 51 of these experts are from India, 12 are from  Nepal,  Saudi Arabia , Oman, UAE  and Kuwait among other places.

I studied on a daily basis for three to four hours. I referred only NCERT textbook as I felt it was more than enough to score well in the examination. I was also preparing for JEE examination, which also helped me secured good percentage in the CBSE. I am planning to take up a career in Aerospace and hope to get into IIT Chennai or Bombay. I will also be taking up my senior level Carnatic music exams soon.
— Adhokshaja V. Madhwaraj, Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Science (98%)

“My ambition is to pursue science by taking up a career in the research field. I did put in a lot of effort and I was at the same time surprised with my results. I never attended any private tuition. I gave attention in my school and was also preparing for my IIT entrance examination. I play basketball during free time. I want to get into BITS Pilani or IISER.”                 
 —Shreyas Shukla, CMR National Public school, Science (97.2%)

“I started preparing one month before the examination and studied for around 6-7 hours a day. The syllabus is vast and I had to put in a lot of efforts and I am happy I got good percentage. I want to practice Law.”
—Mayank Jain, Delhi Public School, Commerce (96.4 per cent)

 “I never gave up on consistency and studied throughout the year. Whatever doubts I had, I got them clarified from my teachers at school then and there only. — Sandhya Ramachandran, National Public School, Science (97.2%)

“I just followed my regular routine and never really worried about examination. I studied for two hours every day and referred NCERT text books for Physics and Chemistry and referred many other private authors for Maths and other papers. I felt English paper was little hard, but I managed to score good marks. My ambition is to work for NASA or ISRO. During my leisure hours I play violin and also basketball.”   
 —Vishnu N. Kaushik, Delhi Public School – East, Science (96.6 per cent)

“I concentrated more on securing a seat in IIT-Chennai than focusing on my CBSE examination. It’s because the IIT entrance exam has same papers I had for CBSE Humanities stream. Much to my surprise, I have got good percentage in the examination and also secured a seat in IIT-Chennai and I am very happy that my hard work paid off. During my free time, I do a lot of writing and blogging. For me the toughest paper was History and Economics and for both I gave more attention.
—Sanjana B. Acharya, Delhi Public School, Humanities (94.6%)