A total of 98.20 percent of students have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Main Examination 2021 whose results were declared on Saturday.
School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam announced the results. The exams were conducted by the Chhattisgarh State Open School.
A total of 98.30 percent of the girls and 98.12 percent of the boys passed.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Dr. Tekam congratulated the students.
Of the 79,764 candidates registered for the examination, 78,164 took the test. The results of 115 candidates were withheld due to various reasons.
The total number of passed candidates is 60,409 and the result was 98.20 percent. The number of failed candidates is 1,102, which is 1.8 percent of the total result.
The number who passed in First division is 52,304, in Second division is 6,982 and the number who got Third division is 1,119. Four candidates were declared passed in the Pass category.
Because of Covid-19, the examination was conducted online and students wrote the exam from home.