Chennai: Coimbatore district has emerged topper in terms of pass percentage in the Plus One (class 11) public exam results declared by the Tamilnadu government this morning.
The industrial district in western Tamilnadu has obtained 98.10 pass percentage, while Virudhunagar came second with 97.90 per cent. Karur stood third with 97.51 per centage.
Villupuram came last with 91.96 per centage. The pass percentage in the Union Territory of Puducherry is 97.14.
Results for the plus one board exams have been announced and this year the pass percentage is 96. Compared to last year thr pass percentage has increased by one per cent. Over seven lakh students have taken the plus one exam.
The plus one exams commenced on 4 March and concluded on 23 March. The Tamilnadu Board had to cancel the final exam which was scheduled for 26 March following the outbreak of pandemic and subsequent lockdown.