Karnataka students shine in ICSE, ISC exams with over 99% pass percentage
Bengaluru: In the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) for classes 10 and 12, Karnataka students outshine other states with pass percentages reaching 100%, as per the results announced on April 30.
With an overall pass percentage of 99.70%, altogether 29,745 students from 425 schools appeared in the ICSE 10 examination. Girls once again surpassed boys, attaining a pass percentage of 99.82%, while boys' was 99.58%. Only 89 students could not pass these examinations.
With 99.63% of 2,442 students from 55 schools passing the exams, it is a registered robust performance for ISC stream students of class 12. The performance was no less impressive among reserved category students, with 2019 Scheduled Caste (SC) students of class 10 recording a 99.41% pass percentage, while 479 Scheduled Tribe (ST) students along with 13,238 Other Backward Class (OBC) students recorded pass percentages of 99.37% and 99.56%, respectively.
With a pass percentage of 93.81%, 97 SC students passed in Class 12, while all 33 ST and 447 OBC students passed with a 100% success rate for both groups.
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS, founded in 1925, describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
