Karnataka SSLC result 2023: Overall pass percentage at 83%, Bengaluru underperforms yet again

Karnataka SSLC Results 2023: A total of 8,35,102 students have appeared and 7,00,619 passed. Chitradurga district topped the pass percentage list in Karnataka by securing 96.8%, followed by Mandya (96.7%) and Hassan (96.6%).

SSLC Result 2023 Karnataka declared at karresults,nic.in

A total of 835102 students have appeared and 700619 passed. Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh/ representational image

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Karnataka recorded a pass percentage of 83% in the SSLC examination for the academic year 2022-23, a 2 per cent dip from 85% last year. Same as every year, the girls have outshined the boys by securing a pass percentage of 87%, while the boys secured 80%. The SSLC result is available at karresults.nic.in.

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The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board declared the SSLC board Examination result Monday. Ramachandran R, chairman of KSEAB, said the pass percentage should be inferred as an increase from 2019-20 because of the difficulty level. “It is necessarily not a drop in pass percentage from last year, because the difficulty level was 10% last year and 20% this year. The 20% difficulty level is same as pre pandemic level . While 2019- 20 recorded a pass percentage of 71%, it has increased by 12% this year,” said Ramachandran.

The examination was conducted from March 31 to April 15 across 3305 examination centres.

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Rural Karnataka also fared better than urban areas where the former recorded a pass percentage of 87%, 8% higher than urban students. Bengaluru district once again underperformed this year by recording an average pass percentage of 79%, while recording a B grade last year as well.

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A total of 8,35,102 students have appeared and 7,00,619 passed. Chitradurga district topped the pass percentage list in Karnataka by securing 96.8%, followed by Mandya (96.7%) and Hassan (96.6%). The lowest pass percentage districts are Yagir (75.49%), Bidar (78.73%) and Bengaluru South (78.95%). Officials said that the board will identify the cause of Bengaluru district scoring low pass percentage and would implement suitable interventions.

Bhoomika Pai from Bengaluru South, Yashas Gowda from Chikkabalapura, Anupama Hireholi from Belagavi and Bhimanagouda Patil from Vijayapura recorded 625/625.

Meanwhile, 1517 govt schools scored 100% results, up from 1462 in 2022. No government school got zero percent results this year. However, 11 aided schools recorded zero percent result while 482 aided schools recorded 100% result.

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As many as 1824 unaided schools recorded 100% result, and 23 unaided schoos recorded zero percent results. Ramachandran said, “We will order a probe into these schools which have scored zero per cent results. We will take suitable action against the concerned officials.”

Ramachandran also added that 10% grace marks will be provided to students this year in three subjects. A total of 59, 246 students are set to benefit from this.

Sanath Prasad

Sanath Prasad is a senior sub-editor and reporter with the Bengaluru bureau of Indian Express. He covers education, transport, infrastructure and trends and issues integral to Bengaluru. He holds more than two years of reporting experience in Karnataka. His major works include the impact of Hijab ban on Muslim girls in Karnataka, tracing the lives of the victims of Kerala cannibalism, exploring the trends in dairy market of Karnataka in the aftermath of Amul-Nandini controversy, and Karnataka State Elections among others. If he is not writing, he keeps himself engaged with badminton, swimming, and loves exploring. ... Read More

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