Bengaluru, 23 April 

Karnataka recorded a "historic" 94.1 pass per cent during the results for SSLC (class 10) exams-1 of regular students on Thursday. The results were an increase of 14.06 per cent compared to all 3 exams last year, which was 80.04 per cent.

The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exams were held between 18 March and 2 April, and the evaluation of answer scripts was held at 237 evaluation camps, which were completed on 16 April.

Rural students' pass percentage is higher than that of Urban students. There is a substantial increase in the pass percentage of rural students (94.80 per cent pass), surpassing that of urban students (93.2 per cent).

The digital mark cards are also available on DigiLocker for the first time.

Out of 7,75,999 registered regular fresh students, 7,70,209 appeared for exams, registering an attendance of 99.2 per cent.

Girls also outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 96.18compared to pass percentage was 91.94.

Karnataka usually holds three annual board exams for Class 10 students, and they can choose the best scores that will appear on their mark cards. However, given the high pass percentage, there will be no third exam this year, said Minister for School Education and Literacy, Madhu Bangarappa.

Dakshina Kannada leads in SSLC results

As the wait finally ended for lakhs of students, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts topped the SSLC results with 98.40 and 98.18 pass percentages, respectively, while Kalaburagi is last in the list with an 85.06 pass percentage.

Other top performers include Hassan at 97.51 per cent, Mandya at 97.45 per cent and Sirsi at 97.21 per cent. Bengaluru Rural recorded 95.83 per cent, Bengaluru North 95.33 per cent and Bengaluru South 91.64 per cent. Mysuru posted 94.45 per cent while Tumakuru stood at 92.04 per cent.

Karnataka Minister for School Education and Literacy, Madhu Bangarappa said seven students secured 625 out of 625 and emerged as State toppers, including a student from a government school in Athani taluk in Belagavi district.

Pointing out another noticeable improvement, he said, "66.5 per cent of students have achieved 60 per cent and above (distinction)." He said, 1,532 students benefited from the reduction of the passing percentage from 35 per cent to 33 per cent.

Bangarappa said, "Though girls are number one, I want to congratulate boys as they have improved their performance; there is a 17.69 per cent increase in boys' performance compared to last year."

Government Schools performed well this year. There is an increase of 16.8 in the pass percentage from last year. 2,393 government schools achieved 100 per cent results this year compared to 766 last year. Bangarappa said, "I'm happy to share that more than 50 per cent of government schools have secured 100 per cent results."

Bangarappa, in response to a question, said 1,425 students failed only in the third language this year. As per the High Court order, students have been awarded marks, not grades, for the third language papers this year.