99.95%: SSC pass percentage, a Maha record
Of the 1,575,806 fresh candidates, 1,574,994 students passed, pass percentage of girls stood at 99.96, and boys’ at 99.94
Every year there is a delay in accessing results but this year the delay has gone too far. Students were unable to access their individual results till 6pm in some cases, the board needs to look into this issue. VARSHA GAIKWAD, state school education minister
CET TO BE CONDUCTED ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 21
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), on Friday, reported a pass percent of 99.95 across the state for Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 2020-21 exam.
This is a record pass percentage, as per the board officials. As compared to 2020, the result this year was higher by 4.65%.
A total of 1.574 million students from Maharashtra had registered for the Class 10 exam for 2020-21. However, due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the board was forced to cancel the offline examination scheduled in April and evaluate students based on an internal assessment. The evaluation criterion for tabulating results was based on marks achieved in Class 9, and internal assessment of the student in Class 10.
Of the 1,575,806 fresh candidates who had registered for exams, schools sent assessment reports for 1,575,752, of which 1,574,994 students passed.
A total of 82,802 repeater candidates registered for the exams, of which 82,674 results were tabulated by schools and 74,618 candidates passed, making it a 90.25% pass percentage for this section.
Girls and boys at same level
Unlike every year, where girl students outperform the boys, this year the two student groups had more or less the same pass percentage - 99.96 for girls, versus 99.94 for boys.
Overall, 104,633 students received 90% marks or higher, and 957 students got 100% marks. Overall, in the state, 0.202 million students received additional marks for participation and merit in sports, dance, arts, and NCC among others.
Among the nine divisions, Konkan has the highest pass percentage, as it declared 100% results, while the least pass percentage is from Nagpur division, 99.94%.
In all, 27 of the 72 subjects have 100% results. Of the 22,767 schools in the state, 22,384 have also reported 100% results.
A total of 368 students qualified for ATKT (allowed to keep term) exams, as they failed to clear two or fewer subjects, and 916 students have to appear for a re-exam, since they failed in three subjects or more.
Dinkar Patil, chairman of MSBSHSE, said, “There are 916 students who have failed in three or more subjects and will have to reappear for the exam. Whereas, there are 4,922 students whose result is reserved with the board as most of them are repeaters and their records are not with the board. We will be tabulating their records and updating their results next week. This may increase the pass percentage further,” said Patil.
Board officials also noted that nine schools in the state had zero pass percentage with not a single student clearing SSC. Of these, two are from Pune division while four are from Nagpur, two from Mumbai and one from Nashik division.
“Some students may not have submitted any work at all during the entire year or failed to take internal assessments despite repeated attempts from schools. If it happened in two subjects, they are passed with ATKT, or they have to appear for re-exam. As far as the nine schools are concerned, we are in the process of analysing why their results are nil,” said Patil.
Q. What is the common entrance test (CET) for?
In June this year, the state school education department announced the option of a common entrance test (CET) for admissions to first-year junior college (FYJC) courses to ensure equal opportunity to students from all education boards. It will be held offline and students will have to report to a designated exam centre to appear for the test.
Q. What is the syllabus to be followed for this test?
The test will be based completely on the Maharashtra state board Class 10 syllabus. It will be a 100 marks multiple-choice question format exam, held for over two hours. The exam will have questions from four subjects including English, mathematics, science and social sciences, each carrying 25% weightage in the test.
Q. When will the exam be held?
On Friday, Dinkar Patil, chairman of the
Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education made a statement that official notification for the CET exam is likely to be released by July 17 and registrations for this exam will begin from July 19. He further stated that the exam will be conducted across Maharashtra on or before August 21
Q. Is the CET compulsory for all students?
The CET is an optional exam for students from the state board or any other school education board. However, at the time of admissions to FYJC seats, priority will be given to students who appeared for the CET and the remaining seats will then be allotted to students who choose to seek admission based on their class 10 score only.
Q. What about students from school education boards other than state board who do not wish to appear for CET?
Such students have the option of waiting for vacant seats in city junior colleges after first preference is given to students who appeared for the CET exam. Their other option is to continue their Class 11 and 12 education in their respective board