Over 95 per cent of 5.36 lakh students passed the Odisha class 10 board examination, School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond informed on Saturday. Along with this, the results for the State Open School Certificate (SOSC) and Madhyama examinations were also announced.
Gond said out of the 5.44 lakh students who had registered for the class 10 exam, 5.36 lakh appeared at over 3,000 centres across the state between February 19 and March 2. A total of 5.19 lakh students (95.33 per cent) cleared the exam, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education.
Girls outperformed boys this year as well, with 2,63,152 girls and 2,56,099 boys passing the exam.
The minister said 2,456 students secured an A1 grade, 15,681 got an A2, 43,565 received a B1, and 86,103 secured a B2. Similarly, 1,29,813 students secured a C grade, 1,46,152 students got D grade, and another 95,481 students received an E grade.
As many as 8,364 students remained absent, while 17,055 failed the exam. A total of 3,310 schools recorded 100 per cent results, Gond said.
Gajapati district registered the highest pass percentage of 99.31, while Keonjhar district reported the lowest pass percentage at 94.35.
About 59.82 per cent of students cleared the SOSC examination, while 87.3 per cent passed the Madhyama examination.
For the first time, the board will issue certificates in the Odia language in addition to English, Gond said.
Students can check their results on the BSE websites (bseodisha.ac.in and bseodisha.nic.in) from 7 pm onwards.
Registration for the supplementary examination will be held from May 8 to May 18, and the test will be conducted in July, BSE president Srikanta Tarai said. Students can apply online for rechecking from Monday and may also obtain copies of their answer sheets, he added.
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