Thiruvananthapuram registers 71.73% pass in Plus Two higher secondary examinations

Students of Karthika Thirunal Government Vocational and Higher Secondary school for girls celebrate after announcing State Plus Two results in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
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As many as 71.73% of the students who appeared for the Plus Two higher secondary examinations from the district this year became eligible for higher studies. The pass percentage last year was 73.99%.

As many as 30,919 students appeared for the examinations this year in the regular school going category from 174 schools. Of them, 22,179 became eligible for higher education.

The number of students who secured A+ grade in all subjects was 2,371, against 3,458 last year.

Four schools in the district secured 100% success in the examinations — one government, two unaided and one special school.

They included Government VHSS for the Deaf, Jagathy, where all 16 students who appeared for the examination became eligible for higher education; Sarvodaya Vidyalaya HSS, Nalanchira, where all 50 students qualified; Carmel Girls HSS, Vazhuthacaud, where all 282 students qualified; and Sri Ayyankali Memorial Government Model Residential School, Vellayani, where all 30 students passed.

Three students secured 1200/1200. They include B.S. Lekshmi Krishna and Amrin Chris S.J., Science students from St. John’s Higher Secondary School, Cheriyakolla, and Sona D.S., Commerce student from DVNM Higher Secondary School, Maranallur.

In the technical school category, 25 of the 28 students who took the examination qualified for higher studies, registering a pass percentage of 89.29. No student secured A+ in all subjects.

In the open school category, 204 of the 418 students who sat for the examination became eligible, registering a pass percentage of 48.8. Six students secured A+ in all subjects.

In the vocational higher secondary education (VHSE) examinations, the district registered a pass percentage of 72.99, a drop of 0.23 percentage points from 73.22% last year. Of the 2,643 students who sat for the VHSE examinations in the district, 1,929 became eligible for higher studies.

Government VHSS and THS for Deaf, Jagathy, secured 100% results.