RESULTS SHOCKER
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Region of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recorded the lowest pass percentage in the Class XII examination, the results of which were declared on Thursday across the country.
Altogether 64.41 per cent students passed the Class XII final examination in Guwahati Region this year, a drop of four per cent over last year’s 68.3 per cent. The Guwahati Region comprises schools from all north-eastern States, including Sikkim. Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai and Delhi Regions of the CBSE have recorded 98.2, 92.93 and 91.87 pass percentages respectively in the same examination.
“While Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai and Delhi Regions have recorded very high pass percentage, there has been a drop of four pass percentage in the Guwahati Region this year than the last year’s 68.3 per cent. It is a matter of serious concern and there is an urgent need to improve performance of the CBSE-affiliated schools in the Northeast,” a source in the CBSE said.
Sources said the government and government-aided schools, mostly in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, have been performing poorly and contributing to the overall decline in the pass percentage of schools in Classes-X and XII examination results under the Guwahati Region. Their results have not improved despite receiving regular instructions from the CBSE office, the source said.
“Lack of basic minimum infrastructure, facilities and quality teaching staff are the prime reasons for the decline in performance of government schools in the Northeast. The governments in the Northeast are absolutely casual in improving state-of-affairs at public schools,” a former CBSE official said.
On the other hand, Don Bosco School, Pan Bazar, Guwahati, a leading CBSE-affiliated private school, has once again performed well in the Class XII final exam. Out of 237 students who sat for the exam 105 scored more than 90 per cent and 85 above 80 per cent average marks in all subjects. Gargi Mahanta, Yashasvi Khandalia & Aditya Giri Deka were the school toppers in science, commerce and humanities streams respectively. Expressing delight over the results, the school principal Fr. Sebastian Mathew attributed the success to overall efforts of all stakeholders of the school, particularly sincerity of students and teachers.
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