Over 50 per cent students passed in PUC examination

Bangalore, May 17 (UNI) The pass percentage in the Pre-University Examinations in Karnataka this year has come down by over three per cent with 50.64 of the 457,187 students passing out.

Last year the pass percentage was 53.97.

Girls as usual have fared better when compared to boys with 57.77 per cent of them passing out as against 44.74 per cent of the boys emerging successful, Pre University Board Commissioner S G Hegde told newsmen here today.

He said that in the old syllabus category only 4810 students (13.17 per cent) were successful among 36,517 students who had appeared for the examination.

He said that the results would be announced at all the PUC colleges by 1600 hours tomorrow.

He said that among the successful candidates, students belonging to Scheduled Caste registered 38.81 per cent followed by Scheduled Tribes (41.82 per cent) and general merit category 57.71 per cent.

Mr Hegde said that the results are being announced within one month after the completion of the examination as promised earlier and said that within couple of days the statement of marks would be sent to all the colleges in the state.

Mr Hegde also informed that the results also would be made available on websites while BSNL and Reliance also made arrangements to download the results.

He said that while Dakshina Kannada ranked first with 80.33 per cent, Udupi came second with 79.65 followed by Uttara Kannada (67.37), Kodagu (66.93), Chikmagalur (66.34) and Shimoga (63.26).

Northern Karnataka districts including Koppal, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bijapur and Bidar fared poor. Only 20.20 per cent of students have passed in Bidar district, he said.

The supplementary examinations will be held from July 10 to July 20 for the unsuccessful candidtes, he said.

UNI