Kodagu shows steady improvement

With a pass percentage of 80.82 per cent,  Kodagu district has attained fourth position in the PUC results, declared on Monday.

Out of 4,955 students who appeared for the examination, 4,005 students have passed.
A total of 1,854 students had appeared for examinations in Arts stream out of which 1,394 students have passed. Percentage of results in arts stream was 75.18.

In Commerce stream, out of the 2181 students, 1,875 students have  passed with a pass percentage of 85.96 pc . In science stream 736 students out of 920 students have passed the examination. The pass percentage in science stream was 80.

The pass percentage in PUC examination has seen steady increase in the last three years. It was 73.11 pc in 2012 and 72.14 per cent in 2011. The results of 2013 show an increase of 8.68 per cent.

Top scorers

V R Shalini, a student of Ponnampet Government PU College scored 544 (95.64 pc) and topped the arts stream. P L Poojitha who scored 538(94.68 pc) and  S I Naufia, student of Vigneshwara PU College, Shanivarasanthe who scored 534 (94 pc) came second and third respectively.

In commerce stream St Annamma PU College student N N Sonia and Madikeri St Michael PU College student K M Prema scored 581 out of 600 and topped the district. Gonikoppa Coorg PU College’s Poojitha K R scored 580/600 and  St Joseph PU College’s Anjali S E Kudthekar scored 576 and came second and third in the district respectively.

In Science stream Gonikoppa Coorg PU College’s C B Subbaiah scored 584, Gonikoppa Vidyanikethan PU College’s B K Hemavathi, Riya B D and St Joseph PU College’s Spandana P J  scored 577 marks and secured joint second place in the district.

Cent pc colleges

Four colleges have secured 100 per cent results in PUC examinations. They are St Joseph PU College in Madikeri, Aishwarya PU College in Kushalnagar, Sampaje PU College and Maragodu Bharathi PU College.  Students from rural areas have outshone their counterparts in cities.