Kolkata: The results for Madhyamik 2022, the secondary examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), were declared on Friday with around 87 per cent of the students qualifying this year. Announcing the results here, WBBSE President Kalyanmoy Ganguly said that a total of 9,49,927 students passed this year, taking the overall pass percentage to 86.6 per cent. The pass percentage figure for boys has surpassed that of girls in 2022, a trend which was the opposite for the last few years.
According to Ganguly, the pass percentage for boys this year stood at 88.59 per cent, as against 85 per cent of girls. This year the number of female students was 1,20,000 (11 per cent) more than the number of their male counterparts. This year the results were declared 79 days after the last day of examination. District-wise, East Midnapore had been the best in terms of pass percentage at 97.63 per cent, followed by Kalimpong at 94.71 per cent, West Midnapore at 94.62 per cent and Kolkata at 94.36 per cent.