Bhubaneswar: An estimated 76.03 per cent of students passed the annual high school certificate examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, the result of which was announced today.

Of the total 6,01,882 candidates appeared the examination, 4,55,094 students successfully cleared the test, BSE president Dakshya Prasad Nanda said addressing a press conference at the Board's office at Cuttack.