Bengaluru: Standing by its intellectual status, Dakshina Kannada stood first in the state in PUC results, followed by its twin counterpart Udupi.
Pass percentage of Dakshina Kannada is 90.48% while that of Udupi is 90.35%.
State primary and secondary education minister, Kimmane Ratnakar, has said that Kodagu and Uttara Kannada stood third and fourth respectively. Yadgiri is the last with 44.16 % pass and it happens to be the same district, which saw highest numbers of malpractices.
Rakshitha, a student of of BVS college Bengaluru has secured first with 596 marks in Arts.Neha from Jnana Sudha college Karkala has attained second rank with 595 marks.
Girls, with 64.78 % pass percentage have outdid the boys who got 50.02 %.
As many as 91 colleges have got zero percent passes.
The state was jolted with two consecutive episodes of PU question paper leaks. The results were further delayed due to the PU college lecturers’ protest.
However, the results were finally declared on Wednesday, May 25
