CBSE Class 12 Result 2026 Pass percentage: 85.20% Students Pass; check gender-wise pass percentage, top performing region
The CBSE Class 12th result has been announced for Science, Arts, and Commerce.
CBSE Class 12th Result 2026 LIVE Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) has declared the CBSE Class 12th Result 2026 at cbse.gov.in. Students can access the CBSE Class 12th Result at cbse.gov.in, digilocker.gov.in, and web.umang.gov.in. The CBSE Class 12th result has been announced for Science, Arts, and Commerce. This year, the overall pass percentage in the CBSE Class 12 board examinations has been recorded at 85.20 per cent. Students can access and download their marksheets from the official website, results.cbse.nic.in.
Pass Percentage Drops This Year
The CBSE Class 12 overall pass percentage witnessed a decline in 2026 compared to the previous year. According to official data, 17,80,365 students registered for the examination this year, of whom 17,68,968 appeared, and 15,07,109 cleared the exam. This brought the overall pass percentage down to 85.20 per cent.
Girls Outshine Boys
In comparison, the overall pass percentage in 2025 stood at 88.39 per cent, with 14,96,307 students passing the examination. The latest figures indicate a decline of 3.19 percentage points year-on-year. This year, girls have outshone boys. The pass percentage of girls was recorded at 88.86%. Meanwhile, the pass percentage of boys was 82.13%.
CBSE Class 12 Result 2026: How to check marks at cbse.gov.in
- Visit the official website of the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) at cbse.gov.in.
- Click on the 'results' section.
- You will be redirected to a new webpage.
- Look for the link that reads, "Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) Results 2026 (Link 1)/Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) Results 2026 (Link 2)/Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) Results 2026 (Link 3) ."
- Enter the login details such as roll number, school number, and admit card ID.
- Your result will appear on the screen.
- Download and take a printout of it for future reference.
This year, Trivandrum recorded a pass percentage of 95.62%. Check region-wise pass percentage here.
- Trivandrum 95.62%
- Chennai 93.84%
- Bengaluru 93.19%
- Vijayawada 92.77%
- Delhi West 92.34%
- Delhi East 91.73%
- Ahmedabad 90.60%
- Gurugram 88.45%
- Ludhiana 87.92%
- Pune 87.32%
- Ajmer 86.78%
- Panchkula 85.73%
- Ranchi 85.01%
- Guwahati 83.41%
- Lucknow 82.21%
- Bhubaneswar 81.71%
- Dehradun 81.42%
- Raipur 80.88%
- Bhopal 79.43%
- Noida 79.02%
- Patna 74.45%
- Prayagraj 72.43%
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