Government CBSE schools Fail to Perform in North East

* While government schools in rest of India outshine private schools in Class-X & XII exams results, the reverse is happening in the region

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Aug 13: At a time when the government and government-aided schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are performing well than their private counterparts in Class X & XII final exams in rest of India, the reverse is happening in the North East exposing the pathetic state-of-affairs in government schools.

In 2018, the pass percentage of government-aided and government schools in Class-XII examination results were 84.48 and 84.39 per cent respectively across India. Private school’s pass percentage was 82.50. While the government schools scored over 80 per cent pass percentage in Class-XII exams in 2017, the figure was less than 80 per cent in private schools. The similar trend has been in Class-X exams belying the popular perception that private schools impart a higher quality of education than government and aided schools.

But the reverse is happening in the North East. Government and government-aided schools, mostly in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh are performing poorly and contributed towards the overall decline in the pass percentage of schools in Classes-X and XII examination results under Guwahati region. The Guwahati region includes all CBSE affiliated schools in the North Eastern region including Sikkim. In Class-X examination results in 2018, the pass percentage in government schools in the region was 34.71 per cent only. Private schools showed much a better performance with a pass percentage of 80.50 per cent.

In Class-XII examination results in 2018 among the regions, Trivandrum registered a 97.32 per cent pass rate, followed by Chennai (93.87) and Delhi (89). Bhubaneswar, which covers Bengal too, witnessed an 82 per cent pass rate while Patna (Bihar and Jharkhand) recorded 70 per cent. Guwahati region (69 per cent) fared the worst.

“Lack of basic minimum infrastructures, facilities and quality teaching staffs are the prime reasons for decline in performance of government schools in the North East. The governments in North East are absolutely casual in improving state-of-affairs at public schools,” a former CBSE official said.