Girls outperform boys in HSC, equivalent exams once again

Girls have once again outperformed boys in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, achieving both a higher pass rate and a greater number of GPA-5 achievers.

Across all boards, a total of 6,65,045 girls sat for the HSC, while the number was 6,66,013 for boys.

Despite marginally lower turn out, more girls passed the exam. 5,31,714 girls passed this year's HSC, as opposed to 5,03,595 boys.