Bhubaneswar, May 2 -- Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha announces results of the class 10 or matriculation examination. This year, over 5 lakh students appeared for the matriculation examination, which was conducted in over 3,000 exam centers across the state. School & Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond officially releases the result booklet at BSE office in Cuttack.

As per the Minister, the overall pass percentage in this year's matriculation examination is around 94.93 percent.

5, 02, 417 students had appeared for the matriculation examination, and out of them 4,84,863 students have passed.

A total of 2,40,251 boys have cleared the matriculation examination, while 2,44,612 girl students achieved success with a pass perce...