CBSE Class 12 Results 2017: How to calculate overall pass percentage

• A candidate will be eligible to get the pass certificate of the board, if he/she gets a grade higher than E in all subjects of internal assessment unless he/she is exempted. Failing this, result of the external examination will be withheld but not for a period of more than one year
• In order to be declared as having passed the examination, a candidate shall obtain a grade higher than E (i.e. atleast 33 per cent) in all the five subjects of external examination in the main or at the compartmental examinations. The pass marks in each subject of external examination shall be 33 per cent. In case of a subject involving practical work a candidate must obtain 33 per cent in theory and 33 per cent in practical separately in addition to 33 per cent in aggregate in order to qualify in that subject
• No overall division/distinction/aggregate shall be awarded
• In respect of a candidate offering an additional subject, the following norms shall be applied:

(a) A language offered as an additional subject may replace a language in the event of acandidate failing in the same provided after replacement the candidate has English/Hindi as one of the languages.

(b) An elective subject offered as an additional subject may replace one of the elective subjects offered by the candidate.It may also replace a language provided after replacement the candidate has English/Hindi as one of the languages.

(c) Additional language offered at elective level may replace an elective subject provided after replacement, the number of languages offered shall not exceed two.

• Candidates exempted from one or more subjects of internal examination shall be eligible for appearing in external examination and result shall be declared subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down in the Pass Criteria.

Merit certificates:

• The Board will award merit certificates in each subject to the top 0.1 per cent of candidates passing that subject, provided that they have passed the examination as per the pass criteria of the Board.
• The number of merit certificates in a subject, will be determined by rounding of the number of candidates passing the subject to the nearest multiple of thousand. If the number of candidates passing a subject is less than 500, no merit certificate will be issued.
• In the matter of a tie, if one student gets a merit certificate, all candidates getting that score will get the merit certificate.

For detailed information, candidates can click here: http://cbse.nic.in/examin~1/scheme06ex.html

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