The results of the SSLC exams were announced on Friday and the pass percentage is lowest since 2011, at 67.87%. In 2016, the number was 75.11%.
Of the 8,56,286 candidates who appeared for the exam, 5,81,134 candidates have passed.
Announcing the result, primary and secondary education minister Tanveer Sait said that the results reflected only the effort of the students as all measures were taken to prevent malpractice. He also said that this year, no grace marks were given to students.
Sumanth Hegde from MES Kishor Kendra, Malleswaram, Poornananda from St Joachim's High School, Puttur, and Pallavi Shirahatti from SRA composite Junior college, Bagalkot, have scored 625/625. Six students have scored 624/625.
The results will be available on karresults.nic.in and sslc.kar.nic.in after 3pm
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