54.60% of 8,91,337 candidates passed the Inter first year exams this year.
Girls outperformed boys in the first year Intermediate Public Examination of 2013, whose results were announced on Sunday.
While 59.46% passed the exam, 50.22% boys cleared the Inter first year.
Girls maintained their dominance in the Vocational stream, with a pass percentage of 55.66%, compared to the boys' 38.93%.
The results were announced by Secondary Education Minister K Parthasarathy in the presence of Principal Secretary (Education) Rajeshwar Tiwari and Board of Intermediate Secretary Ram Shankar Naik at the BIE office at Nampally.
The minister said that 54.60% of 8,91,337 candidates passed the Inter first year exams. Similarly, of 94,285 Vocational candidates, 46.54% cleared the exams.
Compared to last year, there was an increase by 0.85% in the number of candidates passing the exams.
As many as 43.06% candidates secured over 75% marks (A grade), while 32.21% secured a B grade with 60-75% marks. A total of 16.97% got a C grade, and 7.76% got a D grade.
While as many as 179 candidates in the General category and 28 candidates in the Vocational category were booked for malpractice, the results of three General candidates and 99 Vocational candidates have been withheld.
In the General category, Krishna district stood on top, with a pass percentage of 74, followed by Visakhapatnam (66), Nellore (64), Ranga Reddy (64), Guntur (63), Chittoor (58), West Godavari (58), Hyderabad (55), East Godavari (54), Prakasam (53), Srikakulam (52), Kurnool (52), Khammam (51), Kadapa (50), Vizianagaram (49) Adilabad (48), Karimnagar (47), Warangal (46), Anantapur (45), Medak (41), Nizamabad (41), Nalgonda (41) and Mahabubnagar (40).
In the Vocational category, Srikakulam district was on top, with a 65% pass rate, followed by Krishna (62), Nellore (61), Chittoor (58), Guntur (56), Visakhapatnam (55), Kurnool (53), Adilabad (52), Anantapur (51), Vizianagaram (50), Kadapa (49), Nalgonda (49), Hyderabad (49), East Godavari (46), West Godavari (46), Prakasam (46), Medak (43), Ranga Reddy (43), Khammam (42), Warangal (39), Nizamabad (35), Mahabubnagar (31) and Karimnagar (30).
The minister said that the marks registers of all Colleges would be dispatched to the Regional Inspection Officers concerned, within two days. The principals of the colleges are required to collect them from the RIOs immediately and display them in their colleges. The principals can also collect memoranda of marks from the RIOs on April 26.
Discrepancies, if any, found in memoranda of marks must be referred to the Board through respective principals before May 22.
The last date for the payment of the examination fee for the Intermediate Advanced Supplementary Examinations to be held in May and June 2013 is May 3. There is no provision for the payment of examination fee with penalty after the due date.
Candidates who have passed in all papers can appear for improvement exams, with payment of Rs. 100 per paper, in addition to the normal examination fee. These candidates will appear with the same registration number of the IPE held in March 2013. The better of the two scores will be taken only for candidates who pass in all subjects.
Candidates who have failed the first year Intermediate exams can appear for passed papers of the first year also, along with failed papers, subject to the condition that they forego the performance of papers previously passed in.
The Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examinations to be held in May and June 2013 will be held from May 22. (INN)