SHILLONG: While Garo Hills secured top honours in the merit list of the SSLC and HSSLC (Arts) examination 2016, the region witnessed the worst district wise pass percentage in both the examinations.
The district wise distribution in the SSLC examinations has revealed that out of the total pass per cent of 54.10 South West Garo Hills registered 23.65 followed by South Garo Hills with 25.95, North Garo Hills with 33.22, East Garo Hills with 33.48 and West Garo Hills with 35.
East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills districts recorded over 70 pass percentage, Ri-Bhoi registered 69.60 per cent while West Khasi Hills secured 69.16 per cent.
The same was the performance of five Garo Hills districts in HSSLC (Arts) results with South West Garo Hills (44.59 per cent), South Garo Hills (44.81), East Garo Hills (58.97), West Garo Hills (62.87) and North Garo Hills (65.33).
Compared to this, the pass percentage in HSSLC (Arts) in East Jaintia Hills was 84.13, South West Khasi Hills (74.60), Ri-Bhoi (86.61), West Khasi Hills (80.64), West Jaintia Hills (72.73) and East Khasi Hills (84.80).
When asked about the poor performance of the Garo Hills students both in SSLC and HSSLC examinations, T.R. Laloo, Controller of Examinations, MBOSE, said there are multiple reasons for this, even as he advocated a holistic approach by all concerned to address the problem.
According to Laloo, the problems range from poor quality of teachers, and lack of infrastructure facilities in the schools in rural areas among others.
He, however, said militancy alone is not the cause of students not excelling in the examinations.
