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Girls outdo boys again in SSLC exam

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Rural students perform better than their urban counterparts

Bangalore: Students from rural Karnataka have fared significantly better than their urban counterparts in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination held in March 2007. Yet again, girls have outperformed boys.

The pass percentage this year stands at 73.21, up by almost 5 percentage points from last year's 68.46 per cent. "This is a 10-year record. The results have improved this year because the department made sure that teachers and students were better prepared to adopt the multiple choice system," M. Madan Gopal, Commissioner of the Department of Public Instruction, told presspersons on Wednesday.

While the pass percentage among rural students is 76.27, it is 73.09 for urban students. Chikkodi education district topped with 87.25 per cent, followed by Udupi (84.74 per cent) and Gadag (82.64 per cent). The performance of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates improved by four percentage points, Mr. Gopal said. It stands at 64.57 per cent and 69.07 per cent respectively. For Other Backward Class candidates, the pass percentage stands at 71.69.

T.M. Kumar, Director of the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, said Bangalore North and Bangalore South districts secured the most number of distinctions. Two students have aced the exams by scoring 620 out of 625. On the downside, Bidar district has scored the lowest pass percentage with 49.88. The maximum cases of malpractice were detected in Bidar district. Mr. Gopal said 40 schools recorded zero per cent results in the State. Of them, only one is a government school, 37 are unaided and two are aided. The recognition of such schools will be withdrawn. Schools with pass percentage less than 40 will be issued a three-year notice. "The schools have to improve their performance within the three-year notice period," he said. Regarding the Fort High School incident where three teachers were caught replacing answer scripts from sealed bundles, Mr. Kumar said a preliminary investigation had shown the involvement of 52 persons (all private candidates) in the racket. The Board had banned them from appearing for the SSLC examination for the next six years. "Our enquiry revealed that 222 answer scripts had been replaced by three teachers, who have now been suspended. The Board has submitted the first stage report. We are now preparing the secondary report."

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