BSE Odisha Class 10th board exam commences, over 5.4 lakh students registered

Odisha’s School Mass and Education Minister SR Dash told PTI, “The examination started peacefully everywhere. The question papers were distributed to the students at 7:45 am in the first sitting.” The minister said all necessary precautions have been taken for the peaceful conduct of the exam. The examination is being started at 8 am keeping in view the rising heat across the state.

Meanwhile, the State Open School Certificate(SOSC) Examination will be held simultaneously with SA-2 and Madhyama.

Last year, as many as 5.17 lakh students cleared the exam. The ass percentage was 90.55 per cent which was lower than 2021’s pass percentage (97.89 per cent). As many as 8,119 students got A1 grade and 54,889 got A2 grade. As many as 76, 139 students passed in C grade (50-60%) while 1,16,262 students passed in D grade (40-50%).

Girls outperformed boys scoring 92.37 per cent while the pass percentage among boys was 88.77 per cent. In 2022, about 1070 schools scored 100 per cent while three schools got 0 results.