
29,522 clear SSLC supplementary exam
The Hindu
The pass percentage was 51.28 in 2019-20 and 42.47 in 2018-19
As many as 29,522 students of the 53,155 who wrote the SSLC supplementary exams passed, taking the pass percentage to 55.54. The results were announced on Tuesday afternoon. The exams were held on September 27 and 29.
The pass percentage this year is higher than the last two. While it was 51.28% in 2019-20 (against 2,13,955 students), it was 42.47% in 2018-19 (against 1,92,181 students).
According to a press release, the break-up of the pass percentage was: 49.86 for CCE regular fresh candidates, 59.42 for CCE regular repeaters, 38.31 for CCE private fresh candidates, 54.58 for CCE private repeaters, 65 for new scheme repeaters, and 51.63 for new scheme private repeaters.

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