Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 10: The results of the second PU (Pre-University) examinations, which were conducted from March 1 to March 22, were announced on Wednesday, April 10. The Karnataka education department held a press conference in Bengaluru to declare the results.
This year, a commendable 81.15 percent of students passed the examinations. About 6.9 lakh students across the state took the exams. Among 6.9 lakh students, 3.3 lac were boys and 3.6 lac were girls.
Vaibhavi Acharya, a student of Vidyodaya PU College, scored 597 marks, and Samyak R Prabhu, a student of Gnana Sudha College, Karkala, secured 595 marks, in the science stream. Harshith S H, a student of Poornaprajna pre-university college Udupi, bagged third rank in commerce stream with 596 marks.
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The girls have outsmarted boys with 84.87 per cent passing the exams. 76.98 per cent of boys who took the exams have passed.
In the science stream, Vidyalakshmi from Hubballi has emerged topper with 598 marks out of 600. In the Arts stream, three students have shared the first rank: D Medha of NMKRV College in Bengaluru, Vedant Navi of NSPU College in Vijayapura district and Kavitha B V of Kottur in Ballari have scored 596 marks out of 600. In the Commerce stream, Jnanavi from Tumakuru city has scored 597 out of 600 marks and secured the first rank.
As much as 81.10 per cent of students in urban areas and 81.31 per cent of students from rural regions, and 70.41 per cent of Kannada medium students and 87.40 per cent of English medium students have passed the exams.
The results will be made available on the official website, https://karresults.nic.in/, at 11 am. Students can check their results by logging in with their credentials provided by the PU board.
In terms of district-wise performance, Dakshina Kannada emerged as the top performer with an impressive pass percentage of 97.37%. Following closely, Udupi district secured the second position with 96.80% of students passing the examinations. Vijayapura district secured the third position with a pass percentage of 94.89%.