Hyderabad: The pass percentage in Intermediate second year went up by three per cent, to 67 this year, according to the results released on Sunday. The pass percentage for the first year was 57 per cent, up from 51 per cent last year.
The results for the Intermediate exams were released by Deputy Chief Minister and education minister Kadiam Srihari on Sunday. Nearly 9.76 lakh students took the exams in March.
These were the first Intermediate exams conducted after the reorganisation of districts. The newly created Medchal-Malkajgiri district topped the state with 75 per cent of students passing in the first year and 82 per cent in the second.
Mahbubabad, which was also carved out last year, came in last in the first-year results at 34 per cent. Mahbubabad and two other new districts, Nirmal and Jogulamba-Gadwal, shared the last spot in the second year results at 44 per cent.
Mr Srihari stated that advance supplementary examinations would be held from May 15 and candidates would have to apply before April 22. The results for these exams are usually declared in time for students to take admission in degree, medical and engineering courses in case they have failed in the main examination.
Mr Srihari said that results had improved in government junior colleges this year with initiatives like installation of biometric attendance and CCTV cameras.“We will be constructing permanent buildings and providing laboratory and other facilities for 390 government junior colleges at a cost of Rs 306 crore. Due to the free education being provided by the government, the enrolment had shot up to 1.73 lakh last year. This year we aim to touch 2 lakh students,” he said.
Girls fared better than boys in both the exams. In the second year general courses the pass percentage of girls was 71 per cent against 61 for boys.In first year, 63 per cent of girls passed while 51 per cent of boys cleared the exam.
