SHILLONG, Aug 3: The BK Bajoria School has achieved cent per cent pass percentage in the All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE), the results of which were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday.
In a statement, it was informed that Priyanshu Kumar topped from the school with 95.8%, who was then followed by John Jyoti Das (94.6%) and Siddharth Dhar (94%). “Among the 64 students who appeared this exam, there were 49 distinctions in English, 42 in Hindi, 36 in Social Studies, 32 in Maths and 16 in Science,” the statement said.
It may be mentioned that the CBSE this year recorded the highest-ever pass percentage of 99.04 in the class 10 exam results, with girls outshining boys by a slender margin of 0.35 per cent.
While the pass percentage of girls and boys stood at 99.24 per cent and 98.89 per cent respectively, transgenders achieved a pass percentage of 100 per cent.
The board has announced the results on the basis of an alternative assessment policy after the exams were cancelled in view of the aggressive second wave of COVID-19. According to the policy, while 20 marks for each subject were for internal assessment as every year, 80 marks were calculated on basis of the students’ performance in various tests or exams throughout the year. Schools were also asked to ensure that the marks awarded by them are in consonance with past performance of the school in class 10 board exams. Over 21.13 lakh regular candidates had registered for the class 10 exam this year.
“The result of 16,639 students is till under process. No merit list will be declared this year and no merit certificates will be issued to students,” said CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bharwdaj.
The Trivandrum region has achieved the highest pass percentage of 99.99 per cent followed by Bengaluru (99.96 per cent), Chennai (99.94 per cent), Pune (99.92 pc), Ajmer (99.88 pc), Panchkula (99.77 pc), Patna (99.66 pc), Bhubaneswar (99.62 pc), Bhopal (99.47 pc), Chandigarh (99.46 pc), Dehradun (99.23 pc), Prayagraj (99.19 pc) and Noida (98.78 pc). The pass percentage of Delhi West and Delhi East regions is 98.74 percent and 97.80 percent respectively. The Guwahati region, on the other hand, has achieved a pass percentage of 90.54 per cent.
A total of 17,636 candidates have been placed under compartment as against over 1.5 lakh students last year. “The compartment examination will be conducted between August 16 and September 15,” Bhardwaj said. (With inputs from PTI)
