Erode bags second best pass percentage

ERODE/SALEM: Erode district retained bragging rights by bagging the second best pass percentage, 96.99%, in the state in Class XII board exam results declared on Thursday. Last year, 95.23% of students who wrote the exams had passed.
Out of 22,431 students, including 10,489 boys and 11,942 girls, who wrote the board examinations in the district, 21,755 students including 10,064 boys and 11,691 girls have cleared it.
About 98 schools including 20 government schools achieved 100% pass percentage in the district. This apart, two municipal higher secondary and four aided schools have also achieved 100% results.
Neighbouring Namakkal recorded a pass percentage of 96.06%, with 18,796 students passing out of 19,566 students who wrote the exam. “Our pass percentage is 1.09 % higher than 2019,” said K Megraj, district collector.
In Salem district, out of 35,617 students who appeared for the exam, 32,904 passed, including 14,482 boys and 18,422 girls,” said T Ganeshamurthy, district chief educational officer. “The district had secured a pass percentage of 90.64 % in 2019, this year it has marked 92.38 %,” he said.
Krishnagiri district’s overall pass percentage dropped by 4.55%. Out of 19,180 students who wrote the Class XII exam, 16,702 students have passed. S Prabhakar, district collector, said the overall pass percentage stood at 87.08 %.
Dharmapuri recorded a pass percentage of 90.8 %, with 16,383 students passing the exam out of 18,042 who had appeared.