HSSC results on May 18

HSSC results on May 18
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, MAY 11
Come May 18 and Goa would know whether it would repeat last year’s record-breaking Higher Secondary School Certificate exam results when the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education announces the results of HSSC Board exam in the last week of May.  
The Goa Board will also announce the website and other avenues through which students will be able to access and know their HSSC results.
The overall pass percentage in 2009 was 82.55% compared to 79.32% in 2008. Girls had done well. Of the 6,995 girls who appeared for the exam, 5,746 passed maintaining a pass percentage of 82.14. Out of the 6,268 boys, 4,661 passed giving a pass percentage of 74.36%.
The topper at the 2009 exam was a girl scoring 564 out of 600, while the topper among the boys stood at 553/600. Ninety-one per cent of the distinction holders were girls and just 9 per cent boys. Girls maintained a superior pass percentage over the boys in all streams (Arts, Commerce, Science and Vocational).
A total of 13,756 students appeared for the 2009-10 HSSC exam. There were 12,441 new registrations for the exam and 1,315 students answered in the exempted category. The highest number of students (2,046) to answer the examinations was from Ponda taluka and the lowest figure of 278 was from Canacona.