Thiruvananthapuram: Schools in the Middle East affiliated to the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Board of Kerala have performed well in Class 10 exams with 97.52 pass percentage.

Announcing the SSLC results here, Education Minister M.A. Baby said the total pass percentage stood at 90.72 percent.

"Around 4.5 lakh students had appeared for the examination," Baby said.

The Gulf schools that registered 100 percent result include The Model School (Abu Dhabi), The Indian School (Fujairah), Gulf Model School (Dubai), New Indian Model School (Dubai), MES Indian School (Doha), The New Indian Model School and The English School (Umm Al Quwain). IANS