India, May 2 -- The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, announced the results for annual Matric Examination-2025 today. This year, 94.93% of the students cleared the matriculation exam, slightly lower than last year's 96.27% pass rate.

According to official data, out of 5,10,779 students who filled up forms for the exam, 5,02,417 appeared, while 8,362 students remained absent. As many as 4,84,863 students passed the exam, whereas 17,384 students failed by securing Grade F.

This year too, girls outperformed the boys. A total of 2,44,612 girls passed, compared to 2,40,251 boys. The number of withheld results stood at zero, while 169 cases were marked as malpractice (MP).

Only 1,812 students achieved the top grade of A1 (above 90...