Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) today published the results of 2019 annual class 10 (matric) examinations. Announcing the results, School and Mass Education Department secretary Pradipta Mohapatra informed that the pass percentage of the annual examination is at 70.78 per cent, which is over five per cent lower than last year’s pass percentage of 76.23 per cent.

A total of 5, 61, 079 students had appeared the annual HSC examination out of which 3, 97,125 students have passed the test. Out of the students who passed the examination, 1,91,655 are male and 2,05,470 are female, informed Mohapatra.

1,181 students have been awarded grade-A1, 9,938 students got Grade A2 , B1-24,991 and 46,319 students have been graded under B2 category. Similarly, 76139 students have been graded under C category, Grade D-1,16,262, Grade E-1,22,062 and Grade F-1,63,954 students.

While 82 schools have recorded nil results, 289 schools have recorded cent percent results.

Out of the total 11,219 Open School students, 6,568 students have cleared the exam making the pass percentage 58.53. While no candidates have been categorised in grade A1, 21 students have been graded under B1 category, 297 students have been awarded Grade B2.