TURA/SHILLONG: MBOSE Controller of Examinations, S.N. Marak, has attributed laziness on the part of Garo students for their dismal performance in the HSSLC examinations.
Though there was improvement this year in the overall percentage with 75.68 for Science and 72.32 for Commerce as compared to the last five years, there is nothing to cheer about in Garo Hills as far as the results are concerned.
When asked about the reason for the poor performance of candidates from Garo Hills in the HSSLC results in both Science and Commerce streams, Marak said the result was expected as the candidates from Garo Hills, as is often seen, did not have the determination to succeed as much as their counterparts in Khasi Hills.
She said that the candidates from Garo Hills were ‘lazy’ and this was the reason why the result turned out the way it did.
The break-up of district wise percentage of pass in Science stream in Garo Hills is South West Garo Hills (nil) South Garo Hills (nil though three candidates appeared), North Garo Hills (37.50%), East Garo Hills (57.89%), and West Garo Hills (64.22%).
The percentage in other districts is West Khasi Hills (79.37%), East Khasi Hills (78.66%), Ri Bhoi (75.68%), South West Khasi Hills (56.14%), West Jaintia Hills (80.25%), and East Jaintia Hills (72.22%).
In Commerce stream, the pass percentage is South West Garo Hills (nil) South Garo Hills (nil), North Garo Hills,(100%), East Garo Hills (100%), and West Garo Hills (58.09).
Other districts with pass percentage are West Khasi Hills (72.88), East Khasi Hills (75.09), Ri Bhoi (73.85), South West Khasi Hills (93.10), West Jaintia Hills (48.03), and East Jaintia Hills (91.11).
On the zero percentage in both South and South West Garo Hills in the Commerce stream, the MBOSE official informed that there were no Commerce colleges in either of the two districts.
However, with regard to only 3 candidates appearing in the Science stream in South Garo Hills, she said without elaborating that there were only 3 candidates appeared and they too failed.
Meanwhile, another official of MBOSE informed that there were no Science candidates this year from South West Garo Hills as a Science college in the district started functioning recently only.
When contacted, South West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Ram Singh said that since there were no science and commerce colleges, the district did not have any students appearing in both the streams.
“We will have students in science stream next year as the educational institution started functioning this year,” Singh said.
