Kerala has made a creditable performance in the class 10 examinations of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, returning a pass percentage of 99.89. The results of the ICSE examinations were announced on Wednesday.
While the pass percentage in the southern region was 99.59, the national pass percentage was 98.28.
From 124 schools in Kerala, 7,018 students had appeared for the class 10 examinations. Of these 3,546 were girls, according to information made available by the council. Among girl students, the pass percentage was 99.89, while the pass percentage for boys was 99.88.
From Kerala, 137 Scheduled Caste students wrote the examinations and they returned a pass percentage of 99.27. Of the 10 Scheduled Tribe students who wrote the examination, all passed. From the Other Backward Classes category, 3,054 students had appeared for these examinations; their pass percentage was 99.90.
Of the 26,896 students who wrote the examinations from the southern States, 26,786, passed. The south also had the highest percentage of girls writing the examination — 49.20.
At the national-level too, the pass percentage among girls was higher: 98.79. The corresponding figure for boys was 97.88 per cent.
Nation-wide, 5,689 students in the SC category wrote the examination; the pass percentage was 97.03. In the ST category, 4,878 students wrote the examinations and the pass percentage was 96.68. From the OBC category, 21,254 students appeared for the examinations and the pass percentage was 98.36.
The ICSE class 10 examinations were taken by 749 students with dyslexia. Of these, 41 obtained more than 90 per cent marks. Of the 29 visually challenged students who wrote the exams, 11 secured marks above 90 per cent. Eight candidates wrote the exam from hospitals.
