It dropped to 1.35 lakh in 2022, when the Board conducted exams in two terms with half the syllabus being tested in each term. When regular board exams returned in 2023, the number fell further to 1.13 lakh.
The drop in pass percentage came in a year when the CBSE introduced a new on-screen marking system for class 12 where answer sheets were evaluated digitally. Here’s what the results look like this year, and why.