Medchal tops Intermediate results as Hyderabad improves but trails

Hyderabad: Across the districts, Medchal and Ranga Reddy emerged in the top five as they secured a pass percentage of over 81%.While Medchal emerged as the top performer this year by recording an overall pass percentage of 82.73%, it was followed by Jayashankar Bhupalapally at 82.34%, Kumram Bheem Asifabad at 82.16%, Mulugu at 82.12% and Rangareddy at 81.61%.In all the top five districts, girls outshone boys with the highest passing percentage — 89.07% — in Mulugu, followed by Kumuram Bheem Asifabad (88.93%) and Medchal (86.77%).Meanwhile, Hyderabad continued its poor run as the overall pass percentage of second-year students from the district stood at 72.58% despite improving from last year's 67%.On the other hand, Rajanna Sircilla district recorded the lowest pass percentage of 58.69%, followed by Warangal (60.80%) and Adilabad (62.50%).For first-year results as well, Medchal topped the charts with 77.31%, followed by Rangareddy and Jayashankar Bhupalapally with 76.38% and 73.04%, respectively. Khammam (72.06%) and Mulugu (71.31%) grabbed the rest of the two spots in the top five.Venkya Naik, district Intermediate education officer (DIEO), said that Rangareddy has the highest number of students appearing for the Intermediate exams among all districts, with over 74,000 candidates. "Over the past year, the district has seen an increase of around 10,000 students. With more students appearing, the overall pass percentage has been impacted. We plan to increase study hours and conduct more regular preparatory exams to improve performance. We will also hold discussions to further enhance the results," he added.