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    How Many Students Appeared for CBSE 12th Exams 2025 - Total Students

    How Many Students Appeared for CBSE 12th Exams 2025 - Total Students

    Manasvini GuptaUpdated on 21 Aug 2025, 02:00 PM IST

    For the academic year 2024-25, the CBSE 12th board exams were conducted from February 15 to April 4, 2025. As per the official data released by the Central Board of Secondary Education, 17,04,367 students registered to appear in the board exams. The actual number of students who finally appeared for the exams has now been disclosed after the announcement of CBSE Class 12 results. The total number of students who took the CBSE 12th examination 2025 is 16,92,794.

    This Story also Contains

    1. CBSE 12th Board Exams 2025: Insights and Official Statistics
    2. CBSE Class 12 Result 2025 Date and Time
    3. CBSE 12th Marksheet 2025 Download Details
    How Many Students Appeared for CBSE 12th Exams 2025 - Total Students
    How Many Students Appeared for CBSE 12th Exams 2025

    A little less than 17 lakh students appeared for the exams, as in the past, it was seen that the total number of students appearing was always less than the number of students registered.

    There are a total of 120 subjects for which CBSE conducted the higher secondary exams, and 1,07,28,990 is the total number of copies that were evaluated.

    CBSE 12th Board Exams 2025: Insights and Official Statistics

    Students can have a look at the official data of CBSE Class 12th 2025 board exams from the following table:

    Particulars

    Details

    CBSE Class 12 exam dates

    February 15 to April 4, 2025

    Total students registered

    17,04,367

    Total duration of examination

    49 days

    The actual number of days required for the exams

    38 days

    Subjects offered

    120

    Answer books evaluated

    1,07,28,990

    Total number of Schools and Exam Centres

    YearNumber of SchoolsNumber of Exam Centres
    202519,2997,330

    Overall Pass Percentage in CBSE 12th Exams 2025

    YearRegisteredAppearedPassedPass %
    202517,04,36716,92,79414,96,30788.39

    Gender-Wise Pass Percentage Comparison

    Gender20242025
    Girls91.52%91.64%
    Boys85.12%85.70%
    Transgender50100
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    How Many Students Appeared for the CBSE 12th Board Exam in Previous Years?

    In the previous academic year 2023-24, a total of 16.21,224 students appeared. The overall pass percentage stood at 87.98%, with girls achieving a higher pass percentage of 91.52% in comparison to boys, whose pass percentage stood at 85.12%. In the following table, year-wise statistics for the number of students who appeared in the CBSE 12th exams can be seen.

    Year-Wise CBSE Class 12 Results Statistics

    YearTotal appeared studentsOverall Pass %
    202516,92,79488.39%

    2024

    16,21,224

    87.98%

    2023

    16,60,511

    87.33%

    2022

    14,35,366

    92.71

    2021

    13,69,745

    99.37

    2020

    11,92,961

    88.78

    Year-Wise CBSE Class 12 Results Statistics

    CBSE Class 12 Result 2025 Date and Time

    The CBSE Board results for Class 12 were announced on May 13, 2025. In the previous academic year, the results were declared on May 13 as well. CBSE usually declares the results during the early hours of the afternoon. In the following table, students can check the timeline of CBSE 12th results for previous years and get information about the trends followed by the board with respect to the announcement of results.

    Year-Wise CBSE 12th Result Date and Time

    YearCBSE 12th Class Result DatesCBSE 12th Class Result Timing



    2024

    May 13

    11:30 am

    2023

    May 12

    10:40 am

    2022

    July 22

    12: 15 pm

    2021

    July 30

    2 pm

    2020

    July 13

    12: 30 pm

    2019

    May 2

    2 pm

    2018

    May 26

    4 pm

    2017

    May 28

    8 am

    2016

    May 21

    12 pm

    2015

    May 25

    12 pm

    CBSE 12th Marksheet 2025 Download Details

    The online CBSE 12th marksheet can be downloaded through various official websites of CBSE. Students can also download CBSE results 12th via DigiLocker as well. It should be noted that the CBSE Class 12 online private candidate result marksheet can be downloaded from the same websites as that of regular students. Here is the list of websites from which students will be able to download the CBSE 12th scorecard:

    • cbse.gov.in
    • cbseresults.nic.in
    • results.cbse.nic.in

    Note: Apart from these official websites, there are various third-party websites from which results can be accessed.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the overall pass percentage in CBSE 12th 2025 results?
    A:

    The overall pass percentage in CBSE 12th results 2025 stood at 88.39%.

    Q: Are CBSE board results declared?
    A:

    Yes, the CBSE Class 12 board exam results were declared on May 13, 2025.

    Q: Can I search CBSE 12th result name-wise?
    A:

    The CBSE 12th results name-wise facility is not yet provided by the board. Students need their roll number, school number and admit card ID mandatorily to access online results from the official CBSE website. To check complete details, click on the link provided.

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