new delhi the cbse class x exam under the continuous and comprehensive evaluation cce scheme continued its march towards a perfect pass score with six out of the eight regions in the country recording a pass percentage of 99 and above in the results declared on thursday led as usual by the chennai region with 998 the overall pass percentage this year was 9876 up by 057 from last year recording a new high 86162 students across the country scored a perfect 10 cgpa cumulative grade point average which means they scored more than 91 or a1 in each of subject while over 16 lakh students scored a1 in mathematics interestingly there was hardly any difference in the pass percentages between the boardbased 9903 and schoolbased 9956 exams the overall pass percentage fell below 99 due to the performance of private students while delhi improved its overall pass percentage by 048 from that of 2012 by registering a new high of 9840 it still remained at number seven position just ahead of guwahati region 3 on special candidate list excel three delhi region students excelled in the special candidates list scoring 10 cgpa they were devleena biswas of dps sector 9 vasundhara naman dwivedi of daulatram public senior secondary school delhi and heena of government girls secondary school sector 1 rohini among institutions in delhi kendriya vidyalayas with 998 recorded the highest pass percentage followed by unaided private schools with 9917 the percentage in government schools was 9903 in delhi alone 9070 students scored a perfect 10 cgpa yes the cce scheme and the constant testing have brought about a slight positive change in the attitude of the children the difference between cce and noncce is that my students used to score a lot of marks in the class x boards and they got overconfident but under cce we didnt give marks as freely i hope cce will emerge as a stronger tool over the years said anuradha joshi principal of sardar patel vidyalaya since 2010 cbse has stopped declaring the results based on marks and instead uses grades in 2009 the board introduced cce and in 2011 the class x exams became optional while a majority of students opted for the schoolbased exams there are still around 40 students appearing for the class x board exams the pass percentage shot up sharply in 2011 the year when the class x board exams became optional in 2011 the pass percentage was 969 up by 762 from that of 2010 in 2012 it crossed the 98 mark in 2009 the pass percentage was 8884