SSLC / Matric / OSLC / Anglo Indian / 10th / Tenth - Exam Results 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009: Girls outshined boys in the class X examinations in four streams (SSLC, Matriculation, Anglo-Indian and O.S.L.C ), whose results were released on Saturday.

Of the nearly 9.5 lakh students who took the exams, 93 per cent of girls passed the examination, while the pass percentage of boys was 88.

The pass percentage of girls in S.S.L.C. was 84.4, against the boys' 78.8. In the Matriculation stream, girls recorded 95.6 per cent and boys 92.7 per cent.

P.M. Jose Rijan - 496 Marks St.Mary Goretty Higher Secondary School, Thuckalay

A. James Martin J. Hepzibah-Beulah
R. Abinaya	S. Sushma	S. Thulasiraj
A.R. Balachandran	R. Vima	S. Uma Nandhini

The girls' pass percentage in Anglo-Indian stream was 93.5, four percentage points higher than that of boys, and in O.S.L.C., it was 94.8 percent, which was higher than that of boys by six percentage points. The pass percentage has seen a marginal rise of nearly one percentage point since last year in SSLC and Matriculation, while there was 1.5 point dip in the pass percentage of Anglo-Indian schools.

OSLC pass percentage has jumped from 87.8 in 2008 to 92.2 this year. Centums in Mathematics have seen a noticeable drop in SSLC. Only 5,000 students managed to score full marks in Mathematics, against 11,000 students last year. Nearly 1,500 recorded centums in Science and 368 in Social Science.

M. Gautam - 492 Marks T.V.S. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai

A.Bala Priya Darsh NL. Dinesh

In Matriculation, a little over 1,000 students scored centums in Mathematics, 774 in Science and three in History and Geography.

P.M. Jose Rijan of St.Mary Goretty Higher Secondary School, Thuckalay, near Kanyakumari, emerged the topper in SSLC exams with a score of 496, which include centums in Mathematics, Science and Social Science.

Caroline Silvia

G.B. Vishnu Priya R. Nivetha

J. Rafia Begaum R. Avithya Vasni V. Jey Varshini

M. Gautam of T.V.S. Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Madurai, topped in the Matriculation stream (non-Tamil). He secured a total of 492 with full marks in Mathematics and Science.

Like last year, all the four streams were totalled for 500. Individual marks obtained in part I and II papers in the Matriculation stream were averaged and in the case of Science paper, the score in practical component was added and an average was taken.

R. Srivarshani

For candidates who took the Anglo-Indian examination, each paper, which has a total of 200, was converted to 100, said Director of Government Examinations Vasanthi Jeevanandam, declaring the results.