CSE, ISC Results 2026 out: Over 99% pass, girls lead again in board exams
ICSE, ISC Results 2026: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced its much-awaited Class 10 and Class 12 board results on Thursday, bringing relief and celebration to hundreds of thousands of students across the country.
This year's numbers tell an encouraging story. Nearly the entire student population that sat for the exams came out successful, 99.18 percent in Class 10 (ICSE) and 99.13 percent in Class 12 (ISC).
Close to 2.59 lakh students had registered for the ICSE examination this year, of whom 2,56,590 made the cut. Only 2,131 students could not clear the paper, a remarkably small fraction of the total pool.
The ISC picture was equally positive. Of the 1,03,316 students who appeared for the Class 12 exam, 1,02,414 passed, leaving just 902 students short of the qualifying mark.
In what has now become something of a pattern, girl students outpaced their male counterparts in both examinations by a noticeable margin. In ICSE, girls posted a pass percentage of 99.46%, compared to 98.93% for boys. The gap was even slightly wider in ISC, girls cleared at 99.48%, while boys came in at 98.81%.
Across categories, the results remained broadly strong, though some variation was visible.
In ICSE, general category students led with a 99.26 percent pass rate, closely followed by OBC students at 99.24 percent. SC students recorded 98.76 percent, while ST students stood at 98.07 percent.
ISC followed a similar trend. General category students achieved 99.17 percent, OBC students 99.12 percent, and SC and ST students recorded 98.77 percent and 98.84 percent, respectively.
- With inputs from agencies
