The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Monday declared the matriculation examination results. About 75.99 percent regular students cleared this year's examination with Balasore district topping the list with 86.97 percent success rate and Nuapada district languishing at the bottom with 51.03 pass percentage.
A total of 1,05,148 students passed in first division and 1, 27, 209 students cleared the test in second division. Similarly, 1,53,202 students are placed in the third division while the number of unsuccessful candidates stood at 1,21,863.
For the first time, the board did not published the list of first 100 toppers. The examination was held from February 25 to March 9 at 2,095 centres across the state. More than five lakh students appeared the test this year.
