Karnataka 2nd PUC Results 2025, Karresults.nic.in Highlights: Scorecard out; pass percentage 73.45%

In a forgotten corner of Karnataka, lies Gund Station—a tiny hamlet of just 20 households, tucked five kilometers deep into the wilderness from Mariyammanahalli, near Hospet town in Vijayanagara district. Known for extreme backwardness and poverty, the village lacks education, basic healthcare and employment. However, on April 8, the village was put on the state map. Thanks to Sanjana Bai (18), daughter of a lorry driver, who secured 99% (597/600) in her second PUC examination, cheering up a sulking town. Sanjana, an Arts stream student, was motivated by one person — her institution’s secretary HM Veerabhadrappa. He had insisted that she reach greater heights in education, crack UPSC, and return to the college as an IAS officer. What motivated her further was the backwardness in her village wherein no individual had reached the qualification of 12th grade.

“I was glued to the TV channels during the results time. Later, I got calls from my lecturers who announced that I had topped the state. My entire family burst into tears. Nobody in the village had reached this level of education. The region is backward with high poverty. My dad as a lorry driver is off to work for 15-20 days in a stretch. He funded my entire education and my goal was to repay him by scoring well in the examination,” said Sanjana who adds, “Due to lack of accessibility to schools, a lot of children will give up on education. But I was persistent to not do the same.”

The overall pass percentage in Pre-University (PU) examinations in Karnataka has dropped by 11.99 percent this year. The state education minister Madhu Bangarappa said that they had not given any general grace marks and also the examinations were webcasted.

Bangarappa said that though he did not want to dwell much into the details of previous years, he said that the PUC examinations were conducted with much seriousness avoiding malpractices. “We did a web telecast of the examination and there was a lot of transparency. I do not want to talk about the previous years but we have done our duty properly,” he added.

Despite the drop in pass percentage by 11.99% compared to last year, the minister emphasised that the exam’s sanctity was preserved. Of the students who passed, over 3.78 lakh secured either distinction or first class.

Subject: Number of students scoring 100% marks

Kannada: 5,414

English: 11

Hindi: 43

Malayalam: 61

Urdu: 141

Sanskrit: 16

Arabic: 16

French: 56

Optional Kannada: 16

History: 613

Economics: 858

Geography: 61

Business Studies: 1,482

Sociology: 80

Political Science: 90

Accountancy: 529

Statistics: 2,013

Psychology: 496

Physics: 613

Chemistry: 611

Mathematics: 4,038

Biology: 2,146

Electronics: 26

Computer Science: 1,137

Education: 456

Basic Maths: 21

Information Tech: 54

Automobile: 22

Beauty & Wellness: 14

Home Science: 80

Retail: 04

Students finding difficulty in applying for revaluation or exam 2 can contact KSEAB help-line numbers at 080-23310075 and 080-23310076.

The application for Karnataka board PUC 2 exam 2 will start from today, April 8. The last date to register is April 15 without fine. The date for remittance of fee by principal and date for submitting forms to DDPU by principal is April 16 without late fee.

With fine, the window to register for exam 2 will open on April 16 and close on Aprl 17. The date for remittance of fee by principal and date for submitting forms to DDPU by principal is April 19 with fine.

Candidates can apply for scanned copies of answer scripts between April 8 and April 13. The window to download the scanned copiesof answer scripts will be made available from April 12 to April 16. Candidates who apply for scanned copies can also apply for revaluation and retotalling of Karnataka PUC 2 exam 1 results from April 12 to 17.

The fee for scanned copies per subject is Rs 530 and the fee for revaluation per subject is Rs 1,670.

For the urban and rural area-wise result, 5,03,900 students from urban areas appeared, of which 3,75,188 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 74.55%. In rural areas, 1,34,505 students appeared, and 93,251 passed, making the pass percentage 69.33%.

Medium: Appeared: Pass: Pass Percentage

Kannada: 2,08,794: 1,17,703: 56.37%

English: 4,29,011: 3,50,736: 81.75%

In the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, 1,10,963 students appeared, out of which 69,269 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 62.43%.

In the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, 41,951 students appeared and 26,460 passed, achieving a pass percentage of 63.07%.

Among Category-1 students, 45,300 appeared and 31,386 passed, with a pass percentage of 69.28%.

For Category 2A, 1,39,204 students appeared, out of which 1,05,115 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 75.51%.

In Category 2B, 73,597 students appeared and 52,168 passed, recording a pass percentage of 70.91%.

For Category 3A, 62,026 students appeared, and 52,168 passed, giving a pass percentage of 84.11%.

In Category 3B, 1,00,561 students appeared and 77,387 passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 76.96%.

Among General category students, 64,213 appeared and 55,868 passed, achieving the highest pass percentage of 87.00%.

In the combination-wise result, the Arts stream saw 1,53,043 students appearing for the exam, out of which 81,553 students passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 53.29%.

In the Commerce stream, 2,03,429 students appeared, and 1,55,425 passed, giving a pass percentage of 76.07%.

The Science stream had the highest performance, with 2,80,933 students appearing and 2,31,461 passing, leading to a pass percentage of 82.45%.

Overall, 6,37,405 students appeared across all streams, and 4,68,439 passed, making the total pass percentage 73.45%.

The PUC 2 exam 2 and exam 3 dates are announced. The Karnataka PUC 2 exam 2 will be held from April 24 to May 8 nad exam 3 will be held from June 9 to 21.

The press conference to declare the PUC 2 exam 1 result is starting soon. Education minister Madhu Bangarappa, principal secretary (school education and literacy) Rashmi Mahesh and other officials reach the venue.

The Minister of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Madhu Bangarappa, will declare Karnataka PUC 2 exam 1 results today, April 8.

The press conference is yet to begin. The Minister of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Madhu Bangarappa, will be announcing the result of Karnataka PUC 2 exam 1 results today.

Looking at the data, the pass percentage has steadily improved from 61.88% in 2022 to 74.67% in 2023 and 81.15% in 2024, following a dip after the 100% result in 2021. Given this upward trend over the past two years, it's reasonable to wonder: will the pass percentage continue to rise in 2025? Keep following this blog for updates on Karnataka PUC 2 pass percentage.

The press conference to announce the Karnataka board 2nd result will begin at 12.30 pm.

As many as 7,13,862 students – 3,35,468 boys, 3,78,389 girls, and five transgender persons – await 2nd PUC result.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the Karnataka board – karresults.nic.in

Step 2: On the homepage, click on the ‘PUC II Result 2025’ link

Step 3: Key in the registration number and choose your respective stream – science, commerce, or arts

Step 4: Click on the submit button

Step 5: View and download your PUC II Karnataka baord result

As per the Karnataka Class 12 result 2025 date and time, the PUC 2 exam 1 result will be declared at 12.30 pm and the direct link to access and download marks memo will be made active at the official websites at 1.30 pm. The Karnataka PUC 2nd results 2025 will be available at the official websites of the board – karresults.nic.in and kseab.karnataka.gov.in.

In 2023, the Karnataka board 2nd PUC Class 12 result was declared on April 2. In the arts stream, 61.22 per cent students passed and in commerce and science, the pass percentages were 75.89 per cent and 85.71 per cent.

P: Pass

F: Fail

X: Exempted

AA: Absent

NC: Not Completed

Last year, Vidyalakshmi topped the PUC 2 exams Karnataka board in science. She obtained 598 marks in the Karnataka 2nd PUC Class 12 exam.

The press conference to declare the Karnataka board PUC 2 result will begin at 12.30 pm. Although the PUC 2 exam 1 result will be announced in the press conference at 12.30 pm, the link to access and download the second PUC exam 1 marks memo will be made live at the official websites at 1.30 pm.

- karresults.nic.in

- kseab.karnataka.gov.in

Karnataka PUC 2 Grades: Marks

Distinction: 85% and above marks

First Class: 60 to 85 per cent

Second Class: 50 to 60 per cent

Third/ Pass Class: Below 50 per cent

Karnataka Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa announced that the state government has ordered to increase the incentive funds for SC, and ST candidates studying in national institutes. Earlier, the fund was Rs 1 lakh which is now proposed to be Rs 2 lakh.

The change will implemented for students studying in national institutes like IIT/IIM/IISC/NIT. This will lead to higher educational achievements of students from scheduled communities, he said in an official release.

“The government has also decided to provide Rs 25 lakh as one-time aid to SC students who score more than 95 per cent marks in the PUC examination and get a management quota seat in MBBS course through the NEET entrance examination,” said Mahadevappa.

Former CEO of HCL, Vineet Nayar shares his views on the hype created by parents over good scores in the board exams. In a lengthy post on LinkedIn, Nayar called out parents who consider ‘exams like the Oscars’ and ‘define their wards with scores in board exams’.

Nayar who is now the founder of Sampark Foundation said, “No one cares about your marks. Not once has anyone stopped me to ask, “Vineet, how much did you score in Class 12?” If they did, I’d probably say, “Enough to traumatize my parents but not enough to impress my teachers.” Your marks are like Bollywood item songs — they seem super important at the time but are completely irrelevant to the actual plot later,”.

As many as 7,13,862 students – 3,35,468 boys, 3,78,389 girls, and five transgender persons – await the Second PUC (Pre-University Course) or Class 12 Board exams.

2025: April 8

2024: April 10

2023: April 21

2022: June 18

2021: September 20

2020: July 14

The Karnataka board 2nd PUC first exam is mandatory, while the second and third exams are optional for improving scores. Students can choose to retake any subject they wish to improve in during these optional exams. However, there is no specific limit mentioned on the number of subjects a student can choose to improve in during exams 2 and 3. Essentially, students can select any subject they want to retake to improve their score, provided they have already taken it in the first exam.

The PUC II results for exam 1 will be declared today at 12:30 PM, during a press conference led by the Karnataka Minister for School Education and Literacy. To check their Karnataka 2nd PUC Result 2025, students must visit the official result portal at karresults.nic.in.

KSEAB is conducting three annual exams this year - PUC exam 1, PUC exam 2 and PUC exam 3. The objective to conduct three exams is to give a chance to the second PUC students to improve their overall performance in the Karnakata PUC 2 exams. The best score of the three exams will be considered in the final results. Those students who are unable to take the first Karnataka PUC 2 first examination, only under extreme situations, will be given a second chance.

Step 1- Visit the official website of Karnataka PUC 2 exam 1 - karresults.nic.in

Step 2- Click on the PUC-2 exam 1 result link

Step 3- Fill the registration number as mentioned in the Karnataka PUC 2 hall ticket for exam 1

Step 4- Submit and download the 2nd PUC Karnataka result 2025

These are the official websites to check and download Karnataka board Class 12th results:

- karresults.nic.in

- kseab.karnataka.gov.in