Hyderabad: The girls of Osmania University have performed better than their male counterparts. On Wednesday, Professor S. Ramchandram, the University Vice Chancellor, announced that 65.92 per cent of female candidates and 47.21 per cent of male candidates had passed the undergraduate examinations held in March-April 2017.
According to the results, there has been a five per cent improvement in performance as compared to last year. The overall pass percentage across degree courses is 57.23 per cent, with 35,574 of the 62,160 third-year candidates graduating. The pass percentage for B.A. is 63.95 per cent, for B.Com. it is 56.2 per cent, for B.Sc. it is 53.14 per cent, and for B.B.A. it is 90.13 per cent.
The total number of candidates who appeared for the second and third year undergraduate examinations was 1,28,967, which consisted of 61,816 boys and 67,151 girls. Of these, 12,451 were B.A. candidates, 74,588 were B.Com. candidates, 38,781 were B.Sc. candidates, and 3,148 were B.B.A. candidates. The number of students appearing for backlog courses was 3,180 from the B.A. section, 14,158 from the B.Sc. section, 12,932 from the B.Com. section, and 368 from the B.B.A. section.
Students can check their results and their scores on the University website. Candidates are requested to collect the memorandum of marks from their respective colleges after June 20, 2017. There is also provision for candidates to receive a copy of their answer scripts on payment of Rs 1,000 per paper.
Requests for re-evaluation will be accepted at TS Online Centres between June 5 and June 16 free of cost, or between June 17 and June 21 at a cost of Rs 200.
