Mangaluru : Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts remarkably improved their performance in the class 10 examination-1 conducted by the Karnataka School Education and Assessment Board (KSEAB) this year by securing first and second ranks, respectively, in the State.

If Udupi district improved its rank to the top from 14 in 2023, Dakshina Kannada made it to second position from 17th rank last year.

Udupi district recorded 94% passes and Dakshina Kannada registered 92.12% passes.

Of 14,018 students who appeared for the examination in Udupi district, 13,246 students passed. In Dakshina Kannada, 27,360 students of 29,701 students who wrote the examination passed.

Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts recorded a pass percentage of 89.49 and 89.52, respectively, last year.

Chinmay G.K. of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara English Medium High School in Belthangady of Dakshina Kannada scored 624 marks. He is among the seven students who have come second in the State.

Sahana N. of Jnanasudha English Medium High School, Kukkundoor, Karkala, scored 623 marks. She is the daughter of Shankar Naik N. and Prabha Kumari N.

Dakshina Kannada emerged first in the State followed by Udupi district in the pre-university examination this year.

Dakshnina Kannada’s pass percentage was 97.37 followed by Udupi with 96.8.