Chennai city corporation schools registered a pass percentage of 77.54% in Class XI public exams in its 32 higher secondary schools across the city.
This is lower than the State average of 90.7%. Fourteen students scored above 550 and 69 students scored between 500 and 550.
The reason, according to corporation officials was that students were finding it difficult to cope after the pandemic. "The pandemic altered their routine and it will take a year to get them back to normal. We will be able to improve the pass percentage next year; we are taking several measures to bring their routines back to track," said a corporation official from the education department.
The Girls Higher Secondary school in Pulla avenue was the top-performing school with a pass percentage of 95.41%.
In 2021-22, 6673 students, 3,166 boys and 3,507 girls, appeared for the exams. Out of that, 5,174 had cleared the exams: 2,070 boys and 3,104 girls had passed. One student scored a centum in Commerce, five students in Mathematics and three in Computer Science, according to the release.
