Erode district achieved an overall pass percentage of 95.56, second in the State, in the Class XI examination, the results of which were announced on Tuesday.
Of the 22,789 students – 10,729 boys and 12,060 girls – who appeared for the examination, 21,777 cleared the examination, including 10,070 boys and 11,707 girls. Boys attained an overall pass percentage of 93.86, while girls attained a pass percentage of 97.07.
Government schools in the district topped the State with a pass percentage of 92.86. Of the 11,625 students that appeared from 113 schools, 10,795 students cleared their examination.