The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) declared the results of the annual Higher Secondary examinations 2019 for the Science stream on Monday in the presence of School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash.
The overall pass percentage stood at 72.33 per cent against 76.98 per cent in 2018. A total of 40,058 boys (70.4 per cent) cleared the examinations while 30,648 girls passed the test, once again outshining boys with pass percentage of 75.02 per cent.
As many as 20,806 (29.42 per cent) students have passed the examinations in 1st division, 23,904 (33.81 per cent) in 2nd division, 25,360 (35.87 per cent) in 3rd division and 636 students would appear at the Compartmental examinations.
Baleswar district recorded the highest pass percentage of 86.56 per cent while Gajapati witnessed the lowest 36.20 per cent.
A total of 97,750 students from the Science stream had appeared for the examinations while 70,706 came out successful. While nine colleges registered nil results, as many as 29 colleges recorded 100-per cent success.
Notably, a total of 3.69 lakh students, 2.35 lakh in Arts, 97,750 in Science and around 27,200 in Commerce stream appeared for the Plus Two examinations, which were conducted from March 7 to 30.
Minister Dash informed that students can apply for rechecking of their answer sheets within 15 days from June 6.
The candidates who had appeared for the examinations can check their results at http://www.chseodisha.nic.in and http://orissaresults.nic.in, informed officials of the CHSE. This apart, the results will be available on indiaresults.com.