Girls outshone boys in the Karnataka 2nd PUC exams this year, while the overall pass percentage was 61.88 percent.
The result was announced by the Karnataka Pre-University Examination Board on Saturday.
State Education Minister B.C. Nagesh said girls secured 68.72 percent while boys 55.22 percent.
As many as 6,83,563 students have appeared for examinations and 4,22,966 candidates have passed.
The minister stated that the dates for supplementary exams would be announced by the end of this month.
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The highest pass percentage in the state was recorded from Dakshina Kannada (88.02) while the Chitradurga district registered the lowest pass percentage 49.31.
Shwetha Bhimashankar Bhairagond from Ballary and Madivalara Sahana from Kottur in Ballary district which is considered one of the backward districts in the state has got the first rank in arts. Both have scored 594 marks out of 600.
Neelu Singh, Akash Das, Maanav Vinay Kejriwal from Bengaluru, and Neha B.R. from Chikkaballapur district have got the first rank in the Commerce stream. All of them got 596 marks. Simran Sesha Rao from Bengaluru has got the first rank in the Science stream with 598 marks.
The exams were held amid the hijab row between April 23 and May 18 in the state. Many students did not appear for examinations protesting the denial of permission to wear hijab.
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