Bhubaneswar: A total of 70.21 per cent students have cleared annual Plus II Science examination in Odisha this year.
School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash announced the results via video conferencing at the headquarters of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) headquarters office here on Wednesday.
Of the 97,377 students, who appeared for the examination, 68,374 have passed. Among them, 25,339 students (27 per cent) secured first division, 24,121 (24.8 per cent) second division and 18,268 (19 per cent) third division.
The pass percentage of Plus II Science this year was lower (2.52 per cent) than last year which was 72.33 per cent, the minister said.
Of the total number of students who have cleared the examination, 137 students have secured 90 per cent and above marks compared to 60 last year, he added.
The minister also said that the boys have outnumbered the girls in the Science examination this year. As against 38,301 boys (39%), 30,073 (31%) girls have passed.
With regards to district-wise pass results, Nayagarh has topped the chart with 86.51% with Jharsuguda at the bottom with a pass percentage of 40.71.
In terms of the performance, the minister said 15 colleges have nil results while 20 colleges have cent per cent results. “We will review the performance of the colleges having nil results and take appropriate action,” he added.
The results are available in the website www.orissaresults.nic.in and in the SAMS College e-space for information of all concerned.
Earlier, the minister had informed that the results of Commerce streams will be announced in the third week of August and that of Arts stream in the last week of this month.
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