The Class X exam results, announced on Monday, showed a dip in the results compared to last year by 1.24 percentage points. This has been attributed to an increase in the number of questions with higher difficulty level. The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has brought back the question paper pattern from the pre-pandemic days.
While the pass percentage was 83.89% this year, it was 85.13% last year. The number of people who got perfect scores also dipped from 145 last year to only four this year.
Ramachandran R., chairman of the board, said on Monday, “The difficulty level of the question papers during 2019-20 and 2021-22 was 20% and 10% respectively. The same for 2022-23 is 20% again. Hence, it is inferred that the performance of students in this year’s examination has improved by 12.09% when compared to 2019-20.”
