Bengaluru: After the record SSLC results, in the II PUC final examination too, the state has recorded its best ever pass percentage. Releasing the II PUC final examination results on Monday, PU department director Mrs. Sushma Godbole informed that 60.54% students have cleared the examination. Last year it was 60.47%.
Gowthami P, a student of MES College has secured I rank in the Science stream by scoring 595 marks. She scored 100 out of 100 in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry and 99% in biology.
In Arts Hitankshi Trivedi, a student from Mount Carmel college and Ms. Nethravathi, a student from Bellery have secured I rank. Both of them have scored 579/600. In the Commerce stream Ms. Veena Reddy of Jain College, Jayanagar and Ms. Rashmith of Sharada College, Mangalore have jointly shared the top honor by securing 593/600.
Releasing the results, Mrs. Sushma Godbole informed that compared to last year the pass percentage of fresh regular students had come down from 68.75% in 2014 to 68.65% this year. But the pass percentage of repeaters increased from 25.62% to 31.21% this year. Pass percentage of external students is 25.07%.
As expected Dakshina Kannada has secured first place with highest pass percentage in the state with 93.09% students clearing the examination. Pass percentage of the South Canara district jumped from 86.04% in 2014 to 93.09% this year. Udupi has secured the second place with 92.32 pass percentage. Pass percentage of the city students has also increased by around 5%.
General category students shine: even though the state government’s decision to announce the SSLC results based on the category to which students belonged was criticised, the same practice was continued even in the II PUC. General category students have secured the I place with a passing percentage of 66.31% followed by category 2A students who have a success rate of 65.53%.
20% increase: But shockingly the department increased the revaluation fee per subject by a whooping 20% compared to previous years, to Rs 1,260. “Revision in the fee that was made last year was not in my tenure.” justified Mrs. Godbole. Supplementary examination: Mrs. Godbole announced that the supplementary examination for unsuccessful candidates would start on June 25 and conclude on July 4.
Visually challenged students score big
Limitations do not limit the visually impaired students who topped the PU results that were announced on Monday. Yallapa Hulaganavar, student at Samarthnam trust, an NGO for the visually impaired and underprivileged, surpassed all expectations when he scored 80.83% by scoring 409/600 in the II PUC Arts stream.
Son of a farmer who passed away a few years ago, visually impaired Yallappa has depended on the Samarthanam trust all his life to get an education. Throughout his life, Yallapa has fought hard to get scholarships from the government, only to be disappointed. Unlike others who have books, laptops, phones to use, all that he had were cassettes with voice recordings of his classes.
Yallappa told Deccan Chronicle, “The state government hasn’t provided any Braille books to study with”. He aspires to become a lawyer and to fight against injustice, for the accessibility for the blind and to be successful to reach out and reduce the plight of the visually impaired. He has been trying to get financial help from the state government for the last 6 years with a hope to secure his future. He expressed his happiness saying that the only reason for his success was his strong will and determination which helped him compete with the other students.
