Mysuru: M.S. Yashas of Sadvidya High School in Mysuru has made the city proud by securing cent per cent marks (625/625) in the SSLC exam (2017-18), the results of which were announced at Bengaluru this morning.

Yashas shares the distinction with Bengaluru student K.S. Sudarshan of Holy Child English School.

The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) declared the results of SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) exam conducted in March-April, 2018.

Speaking to SOM, M.S. Yashas said that he was very much delighted about his achievement. “Although I had done very well in the exams, I had never expected cent per cent marks (625/625),” he said and added that after his PUC, he wants to pursue Medicine. Yashas is the son of M.S. Shivamallappa, a non-teaching staff of JSS Medical College and Chandrakala, a home-maker, residing in Vidyaranyapuram. His elder sister M.S. Trisha, presently a II PU student at  Sadvidya, had secured 90 percent in SSLC.

This year’s result stands at 71.93 per cent, a 4.06 per cent increase from the previous year. In 2017, the pass percentage was 67.87%. Udupi was ranked first in pass percentage, followed by Uttara Kannada (second) and Chikkodi Educational District (third). Yadgir district is at the bottom of the list.

A total of 8,38,088 students had appeared for the exam. As usual, girls fared better than boys while rural students (74%) outclassed urban students (69.38%) in terms of  pass percentage.

Other than the two toppers, who scored 625 marks out of 625, eight students secured 624 while 12 students got 623.

In all, 43 schools across the State recorded zero pass percentage. The results can be accessed on: kseeb.kar.nic.in or karresults.nic.in.