Of the 5.45 lakh students who appeared in this year’s Secondary School Certificates Examination (SSC) in Telangana, 85.63 per cent students or 4.44 lakh students have passed.
Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihiari who released the results on Wednesday said while Warangal district came first with the maximum students passing the examination, surprisingly the State capital Hyderabad secured the last position. While passing percentage in Warangal district was 95.13, Hyderabad stood just at 76.23 per cent.
In over all performance the girls bettered the boys once again with 86.57 per cent girls passing the examination against 84.70 per cent boys.
This year the passing percentage of the SSC students was 8 per cent higher than the last year indicating an improvement in the performance of the schools. However only 121 Government schools recorded hundred percent success.
In the State educational system SSC is the key Board examination as it marks the end of school education and beginning of the college life for nearly half a million students every year.