Class X Results? Who Cares!

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The run up to CBSE's Class X results, which will be declared on May 28, is distinctly different this year. Sahil Sharma, a Class X student of Delhi Public School, Dwarka, is not a bundle of nerves. "Earlier, there was pressure to secure above 95 per cent in all subjects. That's gone," he said.

Sharma's not an exception. With the system of awarding marks at the secondary level having turned redundant, Class X students this time are relatively more relaxed. Last year, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced that the Class X Boards would be discontinued from 2011.

As for the 2010 batch, students will be awarded grades on a nine-point from A1 to E1 instead of marks. A student scoring an aggregate between 91 to 100 per cent, for instance, will be awarded grade A1 and an aggregate from 81 per cent to 90 per cent will translate into A2.

The competition among students and pressure from parents, as a result has decreased with there being no toppers this year. However, the academically bright lot is still not happy.

The absence of the marks differentiator, in fact, has turned out to be a new reason of worry for them. "The bright students are unhappy as they won't know where they stand. They want to feel challenged, but the system of grades does not offer that," said Jyoti Bose, principal, Springdales School, Pusa Road. "I'm personally not too excited about the new system. Why should I be clubbed with a group when I have clearly done better than the rest," said Lavika Sachdeva, a Class X student of Manav Rachna International School.

CBSE Class XII exams: Chennai Region the Topper

Courtesy: The Hindu

The Chennai region has recorded the highest pass percentage of 92.17 in this year's Class XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

The results for the Allahabad, Delhi, and Guwahati regions were declared on Friday, while the results for the Chennai, Ajmer and Panchkula regions were announced on Wednesday.

A total of 69,25,71 students from these regions appeared for the examinations, which were held between March 3 and April 8 at 2,641 centres.

For the second consecutive year, Chennai emerged the topper with regard to the pass percentage. It also recorded the highest pass percentage for girl students (93.77).

Among the regions, Delhi recorded the second highest pass percentage of 84.97. Ajmer came a close third with 84.67 per cent, followed by Panchkula, Allahabad and Guwahati.

While the Chennai region had 57,177 students, the number was 2,08,594 and 79,821 for Delhi and Ajmer respectively. With regard to the Panchkula, Allahabad and Guwahati regions, 1,14,467; 2,01,945 and 30,567 students appeared respectively.

A total of 1,304 disabled candidates appeared. Of this, the pass percentage is 87.35 per cent.

The overall pass percentage of all the six regions is 79.87. A total of 7,00,983 candidates registered themselves for the examinations from 6,035 schools. The number of those who have passed overall is 5,37,467.

In the general category, 80.21 per cent of candidates passed, down by 1.30 percentage points from last year. The Scheduled Castes category has improved its performance by 0.76 percentage points. The pass percentage is 81.51.

The Schedule Tribes category also improved its performance by a sizeable 15.59 percentage points to achieve a 79.87 pass percentage.

Girls have outdone boys with a pass percentage of 85.28 compared with the pass percentage for boys which is 75.90.

In comparison to 81.95 per cent of regular students that have passed, 41.99 per cent of private students have passed.

The pass percentage of the Kendra Vidyalayas in the six regions dropped by 0.19 percentage points while government schools improved their performance by 1.68 percentage points. The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas improved their pass percentage by 0.22 percentage points while the pass percentage of private candidates declined by 7.73 points.

The number of students appearing for compartmental examination this year is 74,523. It was 63,644 students last year.

The first set of compartmental examinations will begin on July 17. Schools should send the list of compartmental candidates to the respective regional office by June 23.

Students can also verify their marks within 21 days from the date of declaration of the results. Application forms can be downloaded from the www.cbse.nic.in. Applications for marks verification can be made to the respective regional offices.