Pune region records 3-year high in CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 results 2025

Students from Balmohan Vidyamandir school are all smiles after the CBSE Std results. PIC/ASISH RAJE

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the results for the Std X and XII board examinations. This year, there has been an overall increase of nearly three per cent in the pass percentage for both classes compared to last year.

In Std XII, the Pune region (which covers CBSE schools in Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu) recorded a pass percentage of 90.93 per cent, marking a 2.65 per cent rise from last year's 87.98 per cent. For Std X, the pass percentage stands at 96.54 per cent, up by 2.94 per cent from 93.60 per cent in 2024.

As part of ongoing reforms, CBSE officials confirmed that the board has discontinued the practice of awarding first, second, and third divisions based on exam scores. Additionally, in line with previous years, no merit list has been released.

"No merit list will be declared by CBSE to avoid unhealthy competition among students," said Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of examinations, CBSE.

In accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, CBSE has also continued with its revised nomenclature, referring to "compartment examinations" as supplementary examinations. This change is aimed at providing students with more opportunities to improve their performance in individual subjects.

Std XII performance

The overall pass percentage of Pune region this year was recorded at 90.93 per cent recording a significant rise of three per cent from 2024 when the pass percentage had declined drastically from 92.71 in 2022 and 99.37 per cent in 2021.

However, it improved significantly as compared to 2019 and 2020 which recorded 83.40 per cent and 88.78 per cent respectively.

This places Pune 9th among the 17 CBSE regions. The top three performing regions this year are Vijayawada (99.60 per cent), Trivandrum (99.32 per cent), and Chennai (97.39 per cent).

Maharashtra results

This year, a total of 34,703 students appeared for Std XII exams from across Maharashtra, of which 31,468 passed, recording a pass percentage of 90.68 up from last year's 89.77 per cent and 87.11 per cent in 2023.

Gender Wise pass percentage (Pune region)

Girls: 92.97per cent
Boys: 89.17per cent
Std X performance

The Pune region achieved a pass percentage of 96.54 per cent, up from 93.60 per cent in 2024, securing the fifth position among the 17 CBSE regions. The pass percentage for the region was 93.12 per cent in 2023.

The overall pass percentage of Std X across the country in 2022 was recorded at 94.40 per cent, which had dropped from 99.04 per cent in 2021. The top three regions this year are Trivandrum (99.79 per cent), Vijayawada (99.79 per cent), and Bengaluru (98.90per cent).

Maharashtra results

Total 1,17,237 students appeared for the Std X exams from across Maharashtra, of which 1,13,257 passed, registering a pass percentage of 96.61 per cent almost equalling last year's 96.53 and 96.97 per cent in 2023.

Gender-wise pass percentage (Pune Region)

Girls: 97.30 per cent
Boys: 95.96 per cent