II PUC results: Pass percentage improves but Mysuru ranks 17th among districts

Despite Mysuru being known as an education hub since historical times, it ranked 17th among the districts in the State in the II PUC examination, the results of which were announced on Wednesday.

Despite Mysuru being known as an education hub since historical times, it ranked 17th among the districts in the State in the II PUC examination, the results of which were announced on Wednesday.

However, the district’s pass percentage has improved from 79.89 last year to 83.13 this year providing a reason to smile for the PU board authorities.

In all, 30,756 freshers appeared for the examination this year, of whom 25,556 passed, shoring up the percentage of those who cleared the examination to 83.13.

The pass percentage was highest in Science stream and of the 13,865 students who appeared for the examination, 12,297 cleared it. The pass percentage in science is 88.69.

In the Commerce stream, there were 10,341 candidates who appeared for the examination, of whom 8,706 cleared it with the pass percentage being 84.19.

The number of students who appeared from the Arts stream was 6,550, of whom 4563 cleared the exams taking the pass percentage to 69.66.

Mariswamy, Deputy Director of PU Board in Mysuru, said that the authorities had taken all measures to further shore up the ranking including conducting special classes for students who were on the borderline, identification of weak spots, conducting mock tests etc. While the ranking among the districts is low, there is an improvement in pass percentage from 79.89 last year to 83.13 this year due to all the efforts of the teachers, Mr. Mariswamy added.