CUTTACK: At least 96.07 per cent students cleared the annual high school certificate (HSC) examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), the results of which were announced on Saturday. The pass rate was 96.19 per cent in 2023.
“I congratulate the students for passing the HSC examination with flying colours. The overall pass rate is almost the same as that of last year. Girls have outperformed boys in the examination,” said BSE president Srikant Tarai while announcing the results.
A total of 5,41,061 students had appeared the examination this year, of whom 5,30,153 passed. Over 96.73 per cent girls passed the exams as compared to 95.39 per cent of boys. Khurda district posted the highest 97.98 per cent pass rate while Nuapada recorded the lowest 93.91 per cent.
Like last year, there was no report of nil result from any high school in the state. As many as 2,644 schools have posted 100 per cent result this year. The number was 3,222 last year. A total of 243 students were booked for malpractice in the examinations this year. The number was 399 last year.
The Board also announced the results of Madhyama and State Open School Certificate (SOSC) examinations which were conducted simultaneously with the HSC examination.
The result of the Sanskrit Madhyama examination reflected a big jump with pass percentage going up to 98.12 from 85.94 last year.
Around 3,252 students had appeared Madhyama examination of whom 3,191 passed. However, a decrease in the pass percentage was recorded in SOSC examinations. While 59.88 per cent of 6,420 candidates passed the examination this year, the pass rate stood at 75.07 per cent last year.
“BSE has initiated steps for disbursing digitised certificates online from 4 pm onwards. The certificates will also be given offline on a single day across the state and the date will be notified by the Board,” said BSE vice-president Nihar Ranjan Mohanty.
The examination pattern this year was changed to pre-Covid times when one board examination was conducted for Class X. The candidates can apply for re-checking of their answer sheets from May 29 to June 12. The online filling up of forms for supplementary examinations will start from June 10, informed Mohanty.