BENGALURU: The state has registered an increase of 7% in the overall pass percentage in the Second Pre University (IIPU) exam results which were declared today. Compared to last years pass percentage of 52.38%, this year, 59.38% of students who attempted the exams have managed to clear it.
According to C Shika, Director Pre-University Education (PUE) department, girls have performed better than boys in the exams with 67.11% of all girl students clearing the exams compared to 52.30% of boys managing to pass.
Rural centers across Karnataka have performed slightly better than urban areas as the pass percentage in rural Karnataka stood at 59.95% and urban areas at 59.45%.
The highest marks in the science stream is 597 out of 600 while in the arts and commerce stream it is 595 out of 600. Dakshina Kannada district tops the list with 91.49% pass percentage and Udupi comes second with 90.67%. Chikkodi district is at the bottom of the list with 52.20% and Bengaluru South is in 9th place. Bengaluru North and Bengaluru rural divisions occupy 11th and 13th place in the list of districts.
Supplementary exams for those who did not clear the main exams will be held between June 8th to 20th, Shika said. The results will be available online 11.30 am onwards.
The topper for the state in the science stream is Kruti Muttagi of VVS Sardar Patel PU College who bagged 597 out of 600 marks. Varshini M Bhat, the commerce topper is a student of the Vidyamandir Independent PU college and she scored 595 out of 600. Amrutha S R, from the ASC PU college, Rajajinagar also shares the spot with 595 marks.
Continuing its tradition of having the highest scorers in the arts stream, the Indu Independent PU College from Ballari district has all three of the arts stream toppers this year. Swathi S. who scored 595 , Ramesha S.B. who scored 593 and Goravara Kavyanjali who scored 588 marks from the college are the toppers in arts.