Navodaya Outperform in CBSE 2009, leaving behind KV and Private Schools

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) performed better than other schools across India with a whopping 94 percent JNV students passing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams. The pass percentage of Navodaya Vidyalayas in board exams was 94.09 percent, which is 2.65 percent higher than last year. total 21,692 JNV students - 13,946 boys and 7,746 girls - as many 371 scored 90 percent and above.

JNVs are autonomous schools under the ministry of human resource development. The Kendriya Vidyalayas followed the Navodaya Vidyalayas with a pass percentage of 91.32, an increase of 0.32 percent from last year. While the government schools have registered a pass percentage of 82.81 percent, the independent schools, popularly known as public schools, have registered a success rate of 80.94 percent, as against 81.68 percent last year. Among others, the central Tibetan schools, under the CBSE, have registered a pass percentage of 91.15 percent as against 85.81 percent in 2008.