80 % of Adarsh Vidyalayas students in Odisha clear class 10th board exams

The Odisha Adarsh Vidyalayas (OAV) registered an 80 per cent pass percentage in Class 10 exam, the results of which were published on Wednesday.

Of the 5487 students who had taken the exam, 4428 cleared it, and 44 of them obtained above 95 per cent. Sanskriti Khamari of OAV at Patharchepa village under Balangir district and Bhuban Meher of OAV at Junagarh, Kalahandi, scored 98.8 pc and 98.6 pc respectively. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated these students. Adarsh Vidyalayas, affiliated to CBSE, were started by State Government on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas in backward pockets of the State. The State has 100 Adarsh Vidyalayas.