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Gulf students best Indians in Class XII exams
Indo-Asian News Service, Sunday May 24, 2009, New Delhi

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Students from the Gulf region have outperformed their Indian counterparts recording a whopping 93.23 pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII results declared on Friday.

The pass percentage of Indian students was 81. A total of 7,519 students, 3,968 girls and 3,551 boys, appeared for the Class XII exams from various Gulf countries this year.

These students from countries like United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain appeared for the exams in 63 centres in March.

The overall pass percentage in the region recorded a marginal increase of 0.63 from last year.

Like their Indian counterparts, girls in the region have performed better than boys. While the pass percentage of girls was 96.30, the pass percentage for the boys was 89.86.

Besides the Gulf, the pass percentage of students in other countries was 92.38, an increase of 0.23 percent.

This year, 637,578 students - 264,248 female and 373,330 male candidates - took the Class XII exams in India and abroad.
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Posted by chat on Jun 18, 2009
Folks, the 'Gulf Topper' is usually from Bahrain and this year also there is no exception - for both Xth & XIIth exams. Saudi Arabia can boast of volumes but Bahrain is a cut above in terms of quality. I strongly object to the "bit easy during invigilation" statement. Gulf students do not grow up with such requirements for malpractices. Please do not vitiate a decent environment or try to insult young children. Fact is there are less distractions for children at Gulf. Most importantly, their parents understand and make kids realize that hard work actually pays.
Posted by Mohammed on May 27, 2009
I'll tell why exactly this is, from first hand experience. Here, most of us get the exam centers as our schools. So you know they're a bit easy during invigilation. For example, we can use calculators during maths exam which is otherwise not allowed.
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