Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 7: The results of this year's SSLC exams were announced here on Monday May 7.

Udupi district topped the state with a pass percentage of 88.1%, while Uttara Kannada came second with 88.12%, Chikkodi third (87.01%) and Yadgir last (35.54). Mangaluru region came fourth with a pass percentage of 85.56%

As many as 8,38,088 students appeared for the exams. The overall pass percentage is 71.93%, an increase of 4.06 percent from last year's.

The state has two toppers this time, who secured full marks of 625. They are M S Yashas of Mysuru and K S Sudhakar of Bengaluru.

M S Yashas

Eight students have secured 624 out 625. As many as 22 students have scored 621 marks. 

Girls outperformed the boys with a pass percentage of 78.01% against 66.56%. Rural students have performed better than the urban ones.

As many as 1,342 schools have secured cent percent results, out of which 102 are government schools, while 43 schools have zero pass percentage.

Supplementary exams for those who failed will be held from June 21 to 28 this year.

More details awaited.