The Tamil Nadu state government has, on Thursday, announced the results of the class 12 board examinations amid the Coronavirus outbreak and uncertainty prevailing among the students on proceeding further to colleges. 

The exam results were released on Thursday - July 16 at 9.30 am in which it was learned that girls have surpassed boys in the pass percentage. According to the reports, girls' pass percentage was 94.80% against 89.41% registered by boys and the overall pass percentage across the state for the current year stood at 92.3% against 91.3%, which was recorded last year. 

The western districts of the state have secured the first three ranks of the pass percentage. Tiruppur topped the table with 97.12% followed by Erode with 96.99% and Coimbatore with 96.39%. According to the government, 8.16 lakh students have appeared for the class 12 board examinations that held from March 3 to March 24. Kanyakumari reported 95.06%, Tirunelveli with 95.01%, Thoothukudi with 94.84%, Ramanathaouram with 93.12%, Sivagangai reported 95.65%, Virudhunagar with 96.26%, Theni with 90.63%, and Madurai 94.42%.

Dindigul reported 93.13%, the Nilgiris with 92.02%, Salem with 92.38%, Namakkal with 96.06%, Krishnagiri with 87.08%, Dharmapuri with 90.80%, Pudukottai with 93.26%, Karur reported 94.51%, Perambalur with 95.40%, Trichy 95.94%, Nagapattinam with 87.10%, Tiruvarur with 88.45%, Thanjavur reported 92.89%, Villupuram with 86.98%, Cuddalore with 86.33%, Tiruvannamalai with 87.77%, Vellore with 87.42%, Kancheepuram with 90.62%, Tiruvallur with 91.16%, Chennai reported with 93.45%, and Karaikkal with 86.21%. 

The announcement of the board exam results has come following the government's announcement of the commencement of the engineering counseling. As Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister KP Anbalagan announced, the counseling has begun on July 15 - Wednesday and it will run till August 16 during which the students can apply for the engineering seats. 

The publication of the results of class 12 exams has seen an unprecedented delay this year in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak and complete lockdown. Usually, the results will be announced in the month of May every year. It must be noted that the class 12 exams hit its end date when the state imposed lockdown and restrictions to curb the spread. 

Some of the students have missed their final exams on March 24 as they couldn't appear to their examination centers owing to the lockdown measures. The government has announced that the students who have missed their final exams will be appearing for the exam on July 27 as the date has been rescheduled. 

The state government has already canceled the board exams for class 10 students in the wake of the rapid spread of COVID-19 and all the class 10 students will be promoted to next level based on the marks they secured in quarterly and half-yearly examinations and based on their attendance.

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