chennai the central board of secondary education cbse published the results of class 10 for the chennai region on monday as many as 9966 of the 152086 who appeared for the board and schoolbased tests in the region have qualified for admission to class 11 in the chennai region 97259 took the board exam while 54741 opted for the schoolbased test this year as many as 21884 students including 16466 students appeared for the class 10 exams in the state this year a deepshika a class 10 student of sir sivaswami kalalaya senior secondary school who scored a perfect 10 said it was so unexpected i was sitting in my coaching class when my friend told me about the results after that i couldnt stop thinking about it and couldnt wait for my class to get over i am so happy many schools reported that several of their students had secured the highest cumulative grade point average of 10 by securing the highest grade a1 in five subjects while 28 students in psbb nungambakkam secured a cgpa of 10 18 students in bhavans rajaji vidyashram secured a perfect 10 and seven in sir sivaswami kalalaya secured the top score l neelakanta pillai principal of kola perumal chetty vaishnav senior secondary school said about 10 of our students have secured a cgpa of 10 thanks to the implementation of cce we hope that the system will soon be extended to class 12 as well then like western countries our children too will be happy doing what they do best the board does not declare a student pass or fail it allows students who have scored either a1 a2 b1 b2 c1 c2 or d grades to continue to the next class students with e1 or e2 grades are declared eligible for improvement of performance the students will be given a certificate of continuous and comprehensive evaluation comprising of their performance in classes 9 and 10 the performance encompasses their achievements in scholastic as well as coscholastic areas said regional officer of the chennai region d t sudharshan rao despite the cbse making board exams optional in a bid to reduce examrelated stress nearly 64 of the students who appeared for the test in the chennai region opted for the board exam overall more than 75 of class 10 students in cbse schools opted for the board exam this year candidates can apply for verification of marks within 21 days of the declaration of results and those who wish to apply for improvement of performance can apply before june 22 without late fee the tentative date of this examination will be july 16