The results of ten plus two examination held in March 2016 were declared on Monday with an overall result of 78.93 per cent.
Chairman Himachal Pradesh Board of School education, Balbir Tegta said that 101104 candidates appeared in the examination out of which 79,411 passed whereas 14,299 candidates had compartment.
He said that the overall result was 78.93 per cent which was 10.29 per cent more than the last year’s result percentage, which was around 68.64% in 2015.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh congratulated the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education for coming out with the result within 25 days and said that the better result performance was due to the maintenance of high standard of education by the government in schools.
He said that the state education board was one of the first such boards in the country to compile and declare the results within the minimum possible time and appreciated the efforts of the staff.
Secretary of the Board, Shravan Manta said that the candidates who want to get re-evaluation of their papers done may submit online, a sum of `400 hundred as re-evaluation fee for per answer sheet and `300 hundred per answer sheet for re-checking by May 9 through principals of their respective schools. He said that off-line applications won’t be entertained.