Close to 70 per cent students have cleared the CHSE Plus-Two examination this year. The results were announced here on Wednesday. Keeping with the trend, girls outshone boys this time too.
The combined pass percentage of all the three streams stood at 69.4. Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra, who announced the results, said Dhenkanal district has topped the pass percentage in Science and Arts streams, with 85.70 and 82.33 success rate respectively. Khurda district registered the best pass percentage in Commerce stream with 80.67.
The overall pass percentage in Science stream saw a marginal dip from 72.53 last year to 72.07 this year. Similarly, the Arts stream also saw a slight fall from 70.63 last year to 69.59 this year.
However, the pass percentage for Commerce has improved __ from 67.03 last year to 68.10 this year.
Girls registered a higher pass percentage of 73.79 in Science, 73.52 in Commerce and 72.98 in Arts streams.