Kerala Class 10, 12 Exam Results Date Out: Will Passing Percentage Be Higher In 2026 Than Previous Years?

The results of the SSLC (Class 10) and Plus Two (Class 12) will be declared on May 25, Education Minister V Sivankutty announced on Thursday.

The minister disclosed the schedule during a news conference on Thursday, where he also moved to assuage concerns over pupils impacted by the volatile situation in West Asia. With board examinations thrown into disarray across the Gulf region, the state government has devised a bespoke evaluation system to ensure affected students are not left behind.

Under the newly introduced framework, 633 SSLC candidates who were unable to sit their exams will now receive marks based on their performance in model or terminal tests, supplemented by grace marks. For 592 higher secondary students, the assessment will draw on their first-year marks, combined with Continuous Evaluation (CE) scores and second-year practical exam results to calculate their final grades.

The relief package also covers Kerala students who found themselves stranded in the Gulf during the exam period and could not return home due to the ongoing crisis. However, eligibility for these concessions will be subject to document verification, including hall tickets, visas and passports. School principals will be tasked with certifying that the examinations were genuinely missed. Those who remain dissatisfied with their assessed marks will be offered the chance to sit improvement exams at a later date.

A look at recent performance trends

Kerala's SSLC exams have consistently delivered pass rates exceeding 99 per cent over the past four years. In 2025, 427,021 pupils took the test, achieving a 99.5 per cent success rate. That figure dipped marginally from 99.69 per cent in 2024 (427,153 candidates) and 99.70 per cent in 2023 (419,128 candidates). The 2022 pass rate stood at 99.26 per cent.

Performance at the Plus Two level has been more uneven. In 2023, 432,436 students appeared, yielding a pass rate of 82.95 per cent, down from 83.87 per cent in 2022. However, more recent figures show a steeper decline: 2024 recorded 78.69 per cent overall (with Science students achieving 84.84 per cent), while 2025 saw the pass rate fall to 77.81 per cent, with approximately 370,642 candidates in attendance.