Puducherry: A pass percentage of 87.74 per cent in Plus Two board exams was today recorded in Puduchery and Karaikal regions of the Union Territory.

As many as 12,533 students out of the 14,285 appeared for the examination held in March this year, Chief Minister N Rangasamy said releasing the results here at a press meet. Puducherry does not have a separate Board of Higher Secondary Education and adopts the curriculum of neighbouring Tamil Nadu for schools in Puducherry and Karaikal regions.