The girls outshone the boys by grabbing first positions in most of the subjects in the Plus III final year examinations in Berhampur University and Khallikote Unitary University (KUU) (erstwhile Khallikote Autonomous College).
Berhampur University (BU) and Khallikote Unitary University have published the results of the sixth and final semester examinations of the Plus III on Monday and Wednesday respectively.
Out of a total 27 different subjects in Arts, Commerce and Science streams, the girls grabbed top position in 20 subjects, while Manashi Parichha of Physics was adjudged as the best graduate by securing highest marks among the students. She has secured a total 1,365 marks out of a total 1,400, sources said.
On other hand, Pratyush Kumar Das of Geology department was adjudged as best graduate in KUU by securing highest marks of 2,335 out of 2,600, sources said.
The girls topped in Anthropology, Economics, Education, English, Hindi, History, Home Science, Mathematics, Political Science, Odia, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology in Arts stream, while the boys topped in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IR&PM), Journalism and Mass Communication, Geography and Sanskrit.
Similarly, in Science stream, the girls topped in six out of nine subjects, including Botany, Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Mathematics Physics and Zoology, while the boys grabbed first position in Electronic Science, Chemistry and Geology. In Commerce, a girl has also secured top position in the examination.
While as many as 19,495 students appeared in the examinations in all subjects, 17,914 of them were successful, said Surendra Sethy,
Controller of the examinations. While the overall pass percentage was 91.89, the pass percentage in Arts was 93.67, Commerce 80.17 and Science 89.50, sources said.
Similarly, in Khallikote Unitary University, the pass percentage in Arts, Science and Commerce was 60, 76 and 71 respectively. The overall pass percentage was 71 per cent, when a total 812 out of 1,148 students passed. The girls secured top position in ten out of 17 subjects.
The girls in KUU secured top positions in Anthropology, Economics, Education, English, History, Hindi, Mathematics, Physics, Political Science and Computer Science.