Delhi govt schools outshine pvt ones for 6th year in row Girl fights odds to score a perfect 100
The Class 12 results announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday saw the Delhi government schools improve their performance yet again -the pass percentage rose to 99.96% from 97.92% last year -and outshine private schools for the sixth year in a row.
Private schools in Delhi east and west regions scored an average pass percentage of 99.72%, an improvement from 91.9% last year, according to data shared by the CBSE. The overall pass percentage in Delhi stood at 99.84% this year, making it the region with the second-highest pass percentage in the country after Thiruvananthapuram, which boasted a pass percentage of 99.89%. Last year, the Delhi region recorded a pass percentage of 94.42%.
The CBSE declared Class 12 results for 909 government schools even as students of 13 government schools are yet to get their results. The number of government school students scoring above 95% too jumped from 442 to 885.
Among the 909 government schools, 875 secured 100% pass result, a significant jump from last year when the number of such schools stood at 396. Out of the 158,640 students whose results were declared, 158,571 students passed, 64 are in the compartment category and five did not pass.
The pass percentage in Delhi
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government schools has jumped from 90.64% in 2018 to 99.96% this year.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the results were “historic”. “Congratulations to Delhi govt schools students, teachers and parents. Congrats team Delhi education... It’s historic,” he tweeted.
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, “Congratulations to all our class 12 students on your board results. I am extremely proud of you as you have survived extraordinary circumstances and adapted to the new form of learning.”
Principals of government schools said the results saw a huge spike this year.
Awadhesh Kumar Jha, principal of Sarvodaya Co-ed Vidyalaya, Rohini Sector 8, said that the moderation policy worked in the students’ favour. “The CBSE also seems to have given grace marks... Students and staff are happy with the result,” said Jha.
Gaurav Sharma, who topped the Science stream at RPVV Surajmal Vihar with 97.6%, said that the result was as per his expectations. “During online classes, network connectivity was a major challenge. On many occasions, I missed classes since there was no data or network. After all those struggles, I am happy with my result,” said Sharma, whose father is a labourer and mother is a housewife. Sharma will be the first in his family to pursue graduation and dreams of pursuing a computer science in an IIT.
Sakshi Aggarwal, another student of RPVV Surajmal Vihar who secured 97%, credited her performance to the efforts by teachers during January-february when physical classes were held.
“Online classes took place throughout the year but it was during the two-three month period that we gained a sense of confidence. Our teachers polished us very well during this period,” said Aggarwal.
Ansuiya, a labour worker’s daughter, from Uttar Pradesh’s Badera village, overcame a series of seemingly insurmountable odds to score 100% in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 exams, the results of which were declared on Friday.
A student of Vidyagyan Bulandshahr, a free residential school for economically backward meritorious students from rural Uttar Pradesh run by the Shiv Nadar Foundation, Ansuiya said she is grateful for the opportunity to complete school, which is often a privilege in her village.
“None of the girls in our village study beyond Class 8,” said the 17-year-old.
“After school, they are groomed to become someone’s wife and await marriage. I have always been interested in studying, because I thought that it is something that will help me stand apart from others. That is how I cleared the application process for Vidyagyan as well,” she said.
One of seven siblings, Ansuiya joined the school in 2014 when she was in Class 6.
“Even boys in our village study till Class 8. After that, they are supposed to help their
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fathers in factories or work as labourer at farms in the village. When I got an opportunity to leave the village to study, my parents supported me. However, there were many in the village who taunted my parents saying that their daughter will go ‘out of their hands’. But my parents never let these taunts get the better of them,” she said.
Ansuiya, a humanities student, wants to be an officer in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
“I want to work for my village, which I think is very underdeveloped compared to other parts of the state. Here health, education are neglected and even the soil is not fertile,” she said.
Ansuiya’s father works as a labourer at the village farms but when the monsoon is not kind, he has to look for work as a daily wage earner in industrial areas in the Mahoba district.