Here’s the list of states that performed their best in ICSE and ISC exam

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations declared results for Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) or class 10th and Indian School Certificate (ISC) or class 12th on Tuesday at 3 pm.

ICSE exam has been conducted in 60 witten subjects of which 22 are Indian languages and 10 are foreign languages. For the ICSE in India, the western region has best pass percentage -- 99.76%, followed by southern region 99.73%; eastern -- 98.06%; Northern: 97.87%; abroad ICSE has achieved 100%.

The pass percentage of ISC Class 12 stood at 96.52% up by 0.31% in 2018. The southern region has secured the highest pass percentage.

Region that fared highest marks in 2018

Swayam Das from St Mary's ICSE School, Navi Mumbai with 99.4% topped the ISCE board last year. On the other side, Abhijanan Chakrobarty from Mumbai secured the top position ISC examinations in 2018.

Out of 15 students who secured the top three positions ICSE, 8 were from Mumbai. Whereas, four out of seven students who bagged the top 3 positions were from Lucknow.

According to the board, Southern region fared the highest marks with 99.69% among all the four regions of the country followed by Western region (99.67%), Eastern (98.02%) and Northern region (97.91%)