Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Odisha announced results of the annual +2 Science examination at Jaydev Bhawan here today.

The total pass percentage stands at 72.33 % as against against 76.98 last year. Total 70,706 students out of 97,750 have cleared the exam this year.

Girls have outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 75.02 % (30,648 ) as against 70.4 % of their counterparts (40,058).

1st Division: 20,806 (29.42 %)

2nd Division: 23,904 (33.81 %)

3rd Division: 25,360 (35.87 %)

Compartmental: 636 (0/9 %)

Balasore district has registered the highest pass rate of 86.56 % followed by Khordha  with 86.44 % and Nayagarh with 85.82 %. Last year, Nayagarh had topped the list with 92,23 % pass rate.  The lowest pass percentage this year has been recorded by Gajapati with 36.20 %. The district had registered the lowest pass rate in the annual Plus Two Science examination last year too.

Nine colleges have registered zero results whereas 100 per cent results has been recorded in 29 colleges.

Students are advised to log on to official websites www.chseodisha.nic.in and www.orissaresults.nic.in to get their scores. School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash informed that students can apply for rechecking within 15 days from June 6.

Total 97,750 students in Science stream had appeared for the annual exam held between March 7 and 30. This year declaration of +2 Science results git delayed since cyclone FANI affected the evaluation process. Last year, the results were announced on May 19.