| Tuesday, May 29, 2007
State records 98.23 per cent in Standard X
CBSE examination
One of the highest performing States in the country
- CBSE not to release list of toppers this year
93.47 pass percentage in Chennai region
Chennai: Tamil Nadu schools have put up an impressive performance
in this year's CBSE Class X examination, the results of which
were declared on Monday.
The Chennai region and Ajmer regions were the first to declare
results among the six CBSE zones in the country. The results
of four more regions will be out on Tuesday.
Out of 13,492 students, who appeared for the March examination,
13,253 students notched success: an overwhelming 98.23 per cent.
"Very encouraging"
"The State's performance has been very encouraging and
it has emerged as one of the highest performing states in the
country," M.V.V Prasada Rao, Joint Secretary, CBSE Chennai
region, said announcing the results.
The CBSE will not release the list of toppers — either
of schools or students — this time, as it did not want
to discourage other students who had performed equally well
but had lost out only by a couple of marks, Mr. Rao said, adding
that the CBSE had nothing to do with any claim made by schools
in this regard. The Chennai region consists of four southern
states, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Goa, Daman and Diu, Andaman
and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The overall pass percentage
in the region is 93.47, against 89.43 last year. Pass percentage
among boys was 93.2, while among girls, it was 93.60.
Navodaya schools in the region posted a pass percentage of 99.23,
while independent schools showed 98.47; Kendriya Vidyalaya schools
recorded 98.2, while government schools put up 46.47 pass percentage.
Stress-free system
The high scores in this year's examination were due to the new
"stress-free examination system," introduced from
this year, according to Mr. Rao.
While marks in Mathematics were divided into 80 for the written
examination and 20 for practical examination, science marks
were divided into 60 for written examination and 20 each for
school-based performance and external examinations.
Marksheets have already been despatched to schools in other
States, while Tamil Nadu schools will start receiving them from
Tuesday.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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