SSC 2023: Girls Excel in Pass Rates, GPA-5 Achievement

In this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and comparable exams, female pupils fared better than male applicants, earning greater pass rates and GPAs.

20,41,450 students in all -- 10,31,647 female students and 10,09,803 male students -- took the tests this year.

Girls outnumbered males by 48,332 and 16,41,140 of them completed the tests this year, with 8,44,736 girls and 7,96,404 boys doing so.

The pass rate of female students is 81.88 percent while it is 78.87 percent among boys -- a gap of 3.01 percentage point.

Among the total, 98,614 girls secured GPA-5 while 84,964 boys achieved the highest grade point average, which is 13,650 more than the boys.