evidence: New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) Delhi government schools have achieved a pass percentage of 91.59 per cent, higher than the nationwide pass percentage of 87.33 per cent, in the results announced by the CBSE for Class 12 on Friday, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said. [...] "This outstanding result of Delhi government schools is a testament to the hard work of our teachers and students. It is a moment of pride that our schools have performed exceptionally well nationwide. Not only that, our schools have surpassed private schools and delivered a better performance than them as well." According to the CBSE, 93.12 per cent of Class 10 students cleared the exam this year, which was a dip of 1.28 percentage points from last year. The pass percentage in 2019 (pre-pandemic year) was 91.10 per cent. [...] In this year’s results, 118 schools under the Delhi government achieved a 100 per cent result in Class 12 exams, while 647 schools had a result of over 90 per cent.