39.28 p.c. of II PU students pass exam.

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, JUNE 9. Of the 3,94,201 students who appeared for the second-year Pre-University Examination of April 2001, 1,54,840 have passed, a pass percentage of 39.28, which is 7.20 per cent lower than last year's figure. As expected, girls fared better than boys.

The results were declared at 4 p.m. today in all the colleges teaching pre-university courses in the State. The results have also been posted on a few websites.

Of the 2,79,451 students, including 1,21,956 girls, who appeared for the examination for the first time, 1,30,844 students, including 66,245 girls, passed. Among the repeaters - 1,02,250 students, including 29,298 girls - 21,193, including 7,099 girls, passed.

As many as 12,500 students, of whom 3,807 were girls, appeared for the examination as private candidates, and 2,803 of them, including 964 girls, passed.

Dakshina Kannada District topped the list with a pass percentage of 70.73, while Gulbarga District was at the bottom with 21.21 per cent. Of the students who took the Commerce combination, 52.89 per cent passed, followed by Science (46.95 per cent) and Arts (32.59 per cent).

While 15,339 students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, out of the 58,865 who appeared, passed (26.06 per cent), 4,215 Scheduled Tribe students, of the 16,144 who appeared, passed (26.12 per cent).

Bijapur District had the largest number of examination malpractices detected with 379 cases, followed by Gulbarga (352), Bidar (252), Belgaum (145), Bagalkot (132) and Dharwad (86). Chikmagalur and Udupi districts each reported one case of malpractice.

Mr. B.S. Ramaprasad, Director, Pre-University Education, told presspersons that the pass certificates and the marks card-cum- application forms of the failed students would be sent to the colleges within a few days. He said application forms for re- totaling were available in the respective colleges. Candidates who wanted to have their marks re-totaled should send their applications to the Director, Pre-University Education, Palace Road, Bangalore 560 001. The last date for submitting applications was June 23, and the fee per answer paper/subject was Rs. 100. He said photocopies of valued answer papers could be obtained for the following subjects: English, Accountancy, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology (Part I and Part II), Electronics, Computer Science and Business Mathematics. Applications for photocopies should be submitted by June 23 and the fee for each answer paper was Rs. 200.

Applications for revaluation (Rs. 500 per answer paper) should also be submitted by June 23, he said.

October exam: Fees and applications for the October 2001 examination can be submitted by July 7 (without penal fee), by July 17 (with a penal fee of Rs. 10 per day up to a maximum of Rs. 100), and by August 6 (with a special penal fee of Rs. 20 per day up to a maximum of Rs.400 and a penal fee of Rs. 100). The Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Mr. H. Vishwanath, told presspersons that students had not been ranked as the Government had done away with the ranking system as a matter of policy.

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Results at a glance

No. of candidates: 3,94,201

No. passed: 1,54,840

Distinction: 3,664

First Class: 62,208

Second Class: 42,621

Third Class: 25,154

Pass (Repeaters): 21,193

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