India, Aug. 21 -- The success rate in the written learner's licence test has risen sharply over the past year in Pune with a significant fall in the number of failures.

As per Regional Transport Office (RTO) data, 111,737 out of 130,374 candidates who appeared for the test in 2024 cleared it while 18,637 failed. Whereas 73,703 out of 75,923 candidates who appeared for the test till June 2025 cleared it and only 2,220 failed-showing a steep decline in failures as compared to last year.

Officials attribute the improvement to factors such as the shift to an online learner's licence system which has made the process simpler and more transparent; and computer-based exams, improved question patterns, video tutorials and practice sessions that...