Newsroom, May 7: Karnataka’s twin coastal districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada have bagged first and fourth places in SSLC examinations 2018, the results of which were announced on Monday.
In 2017, Udupi and DK had shared first and second positions. However, this year DK has slipped to the fourth position from second.
This year Udupi recorded a pass percentage of 88.18. Uttara Kannada bagged second position with 88.12% results. Yadgir district is at the bottom of the list with only 35.54 percent of students managing to pass Karnataka SSLC exam.
In Bengaluru Urban area only 69.38 percent students managed to pass SSLC exam. The overall pass percentage is 71.93, announced Primary and Secondary Education Department Principal Secretary Shalini Rajneesh in Bengaluru on Monday. Rural students have done better than their urban counterparts with a pass percentage of 74 while those from the cities and towns have a pass percentage of just 69.38.
The Belagavi educational district showed drastic improvement by coming sixth, up from last year's 25th rank, while Chikkodi maintained the third rank for the second consecutive year.
Belagavi recorded a pass percentage of 84.77%, while it was 71.2% last year. Chikkodi district recorded 87.01% results, while it was 80.47% last year. Another district which showed a major improvement in rankings is Mysuru which came 11th, up 10 places from last year.
Check the performance of all the districts in Karnataka below:
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All the best kids. Congrats for the great achievement
SSLC became less important than previous years... anyway congratulations to the winners
We have hope in DK.. DK will be an education hub soon
Congrats to all
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