CBSE records highest pc in Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram: CBSE Thiruvananthapuram region has recorded the highest pass percentage in both the Class XII and Class X examinations for the third consecutive year. Since its inception in 2015, it has been topping the results for both.

Out of the 34,959 Class XII candidates who appeared from the Thiruvananthapuram region, 33,334 were cleared for higher studies this year. In Class X, of the total of 34,949 students who took the exams, 33,334 passed.

The region, which accounted for all students studying in CBSE schools within Kerala and Lakshadweep, secured 95.62 percent, while the overall pass percentage for the whole of the country was only 82.02 percent for class XII.

The overall pass percentage of Thiruvananthapuram region was 97.61, which was the highest compared to other regions, last year also.

In 2015, Thiruvananthapuram region had recorded the highest pass percentage of 95.41 percent in Class XII.

In Class X, the region secured a pass percentage of 99.85, maintaining a slender lead over the Chennai region that obtained 99.62 this year. However, the pass percentage in the Thiruvananthapuram region dipped marginally from that of 99.87 that had been registered a year ago.

The overall percentage of candidates qualified for admission for higher studies from here was 99.77 which was the highest as compared to other regions in 2015 also.

CBSE gave the nod to the proposal for a regional centre in the state as a result of a sustained campaign by the Kerala CBSE Management Association to bring to the notice of authorities the practical difficulties faced by students and parents from the State.

They were earlier forced to visit Chennai even for minor issues like migration certificate or to get the date of birth or transfer certificate corrected. This was even when there were nearly 1, 500 CBSE schools in the state.

Compared to Kerala, Lakshadweep which also came under the region had only four or five schools.

Association general secretary Indira Rajan said the results of the past three years after its establishment delinking from Chennai revealed the quality of the CBSE schools in the state.

“Before that Chennai region was topping the chart for many years,” Ms Rajan told DC.

Its president T. P. M. Ibrahim Khan listed out three reasons for the performance - more emphasis on the academic aspects, the active parental intervention,  and the intervention of school managements, compared to other states.

Jyothis Chandran, chairman of Jyothis Central School, Kazhakuttom, said the quality of teaching was definitely better in most of the state.

Only well-educated persons get appointed as teachers, and the quality of classroom teaching is better than other states due to this.

“Moreover, the parents are educated and able to guide them. Moreover, the managements also take extra care in providing better teaching facilities," he said.

“When we considered individual achievements, there are students from other regions who fared better. However, collectively our students were far better."