The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) on Wednesday declared the results of the SSLC Examination-3. This marks the final phase of the board’s multi-attempt examination framework, aimed at giving students more flexibility and support in clearing the Class 10 exams.
The SSLC Exam-3 was held from July 5 to July 12 at 644 examination centres across Karnataka. It primarily catered to students who had either failed in earlier rounds or were aiming to improve their scores. Following the conclusion of the exams, answer script evaluation was conducted from July 18 to July 21, involving 20,443 evaluators spread across 88 evaluation centres in 27 educational districts.
According to the KSEAB, 1,82,586 regular freshers appeared for Exam-3. Of these, 38,679 students passed, bringing the pass percentage among freshers to 21.18 per cent. In the improvement category, which includes students retaking the exam to boost their earlier scores, 1,455 candidates appeared and 455 saw improvement, reflecting a success rate of 31.27 per cent in this segment.
The overall result of SSLC Exam-3, which includes private candidates and repeaters, shows that 2,09,374 students appeared, of whom 42,085 passed, resulting in an overall pass percentage of 20.1 per cent.
Meanwhile, the cumulative performance across all three rounds of SSLC 2025 — Exam-1, Exam-2, and Exam-3 —for school-going freshers saw 7,99,390 students appearing. Among them, 5,26,333 students cleared the exam in the first attempt (Exam-1), 85,452 cleared in Exam-2, and 38,679 managed to pass in Exam-3. This resulted in an overall pass percentage of 79.71 per cent.
Extending the analysis to all categories — including private candidates and repeaters — 8,68,385 students had appeared across all three SSLC exams in 2025. Of these, 5,28,265 passed in Exam-1, 88,229 in Exam-2, and 42,085 in Exam-3, bringing the overall number of successful candidates to 6,45,273. This puts the combined pass percentage at 74.31 per cent.
The results have been made available on the official government portals — https://karresults.nic.in and https://kseab.karnataka.gov.in. Additionally, the board has arranged for students to receive their results via SMS on their registered mobile numbers.
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