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PATNA: The Bihar-Jharkhand region ranked ninth among the CBSE’s ten regions insofar as the pass percentage of Class XII examinees is concerned this year. In St Michael’s High School, 358 students passed the exam, one got compartmental and one failed. Also, girls appeared to have outshone the boys when the results were announced on Saturday.The region saw an overall pass percentage of 70.54%, down by 4.06% compared to last year's 74.60%. The DPS-Patna also recorded 100% result with 59 of its 150 students scoring 90% and above.St Karen’s High School principal Seema Singh said her school also got 100% results. “As was seen in the academic year 2016-2017, this year too girls performed better than the boys with a pass percentage of 78.72% as against the boys’ 65.81%,” said CBSE’s PRO Rama Sharma At least 83,563 students from the region wrote Class XII examination held in March and April..