Only less than 25 per cent students, who appeared at the High School Certificate (matriculation) Supplementary examinations held in the State last month, have come out successful.
The results published on Friday revealed that not a single student made it in to top A1 grade (90 and above per cent of mark), while a single student made it to A2 grade (securing marks between 80 and 89 per cent).
Board of Secondary Education (BSE) president DP Nanda informed that a total of 22,644 students had wished to appear at the examinations, but only 20,739 of them wrote the entire papers. Of these, only 5,143 passed, pegging the pass percentage at 24.80. He further informed that results at least 337 students were withheld as all of them were booked for adopting unfair means during the examinations.
While 10 students passed in the B1 grade, 34 passed in the B2 grade taking the total number of successful students securing 60 and above per cent of marks to 45. Similarly, 85 students passed in the C grade securing marks between 50-59 per cent, 1,068 passed in the D grade (40-49 per cent) and 3,784 passed in the E grade securing 33 per cent or more marks.