Record pass for SSLC: 93.64% | Kerala SSLC Results News 2012

Kerala SSLC Results News 2012

Setting an all-time record, the Education Department has declared eligible for higher studies 4,40,046 candidates who wrote this year's (2011-12 academic year) Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations. The pass percentage is 93.64; this is 2.29 percentage points more than last year's (2010-11 academic year) results.

The results were announced by Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb at a press conference here on Thursday. The results of all students who wrote the examinations have been published.

This year, 6,995 candidates got A+ grade in all subjects: 1,174, more than last year's. As many as 210 government schools — up 55 since 2010-11 — and 248 aided schools — up 32 since 2010-11 — recorded all-pass. Among unaided schools, 253 — up 47 since 2010-11 — registered 100 per cent pass for the examinations.

The pass percentage in the private category — wherein 7,328 candidates wrote this year — was 81.16. This, again, is an all-time record. Last year this was 43.6 per cent. Of the 496 student who wrote from the Gulf region, 490 passed. Of the 1,059 candidates who had the Lakshadweep as their centre, 732 passed.

Both among revenue districts as well as education districts, Palakkad came last in pass percentage, the figures being 86.91 and 85.04, respectively. While Kannur topped the list among revenue districts with 96.93 per cent pass, Kanhangad led the education districts with a pass percentage of 98.52.

The certificates would be sent to district education offices by May 15, Mr. Rabb said.

There are 3,60,845 seats available for the Plus One courses spread over 1,812 schools in the State. In the government and aided streams alone, there are 3.07 lakh seats for the Plus One courses.

While there are 1,53,665 seats for the science stream, there are 85,940 seats for the commerce stream, and 67,595 seats for the humanities stream.Applications for the higher secondary courses would be issued from May 3The results of the higher secondary and vocational higher secondary examinations would be published on May 15.