Chennai, May 8 (Reporter) In line with the pattern seen over the years, Girls once again outshone boys in the Plus-2 Board exams conducted by the Tamil Nadu government, results of which were announced on Thursday. The results were released by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations a day ahead of the scheduled date of tomorrow. The state recorded an impressive overall pass percentage of 95.03%. A total of 7,92,494 students appeared for the exams. Among them, 4,19,316 were girls and 3,73,178 were boys. Girls outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 96.70%, while boys recorded a pass percentage of 93.16%. The pass percentage of girls was 3.54 % higher than boys. The overall pass percentage this year was 0.47 % higher when compared to 94.56 per cent last year (2024). While the government schools recorded 91.94% pass percentage, government-aided schools performed even better at 95.71 per cent and private schools topped the list registering 98.88 pass percentage this year. There were 10,049 absentees. District-wise, Ariyalur topped the chart with a remarkable pass percentage of 98.82%, followed by Erode (97.98%), Tiruppur (97.53%), Coimbatore (97.48%) and Kanyakumari (97.01%). Computer Science subject registered the highest number of centum with 9,536 students securing 100 out of 100, followed by Chemistry (3,181), Mathematics (3,022), Commerce (1,624), and Accountancy (1,240)...////...