<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, 97.89 per cent students have passed the 10th board examination under the State Board of Secondary Education this year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The results were declared today at the Board headquarters in Cuttack. About 5. 62 lakh students from out of about 5.74 lakh scored success in their matriculation.</span><br />'' <b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The matric result this year is unprecedented on two counts namely its the first time ever that the board has declared the results without the usual examination due to covid 19 and also for the first time that a record 97.89 per cent students have passed the 10th class based on their past performance.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking to reporters in Cuttack soon after releasing the results the minister for mass education Samir Das said those students who are not satisfied with their results may sit for the physical examination to be held later this year depending on the pandemic situation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that the process of form submission for the same will begin from the fifth of next month.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In yet another development today, the state government has decided to adopt mentoring system in Degree and autonomous colleges across the state to ensure that each and every Undergraduate and Postgraduate student appear for the online examination in their the Releasing the results in Cuttack, the state said.</span><br />''  <br />