DEHRADUN: Almost all students in Uttarakhand who appeared for ICSE and ISC assessments for the last academic year passed, most of them with flying colours.
Of ICSE (for class X) students, 99.96% passed and of ISC (for class XII) students, 99.85% passed. In ICSE, boys outperformed girls, registering a pass percentage of 99.97%, against girls’ 99.94%. Girls outshined boys in ISC, scoring a pass percentage of 99.96%, against boys’ 99.75%. The Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) results were declared for students all over the country on Saturday.
A total of 7,234 students from 105 schools of Uttarakhand (52.9% boys and 47.1% girls) applied for ICSE (Indian Certificate for Secondary Education) assessment, while 5,164 students from 93 schools (53.2% boys and 46.8% girls) applied for ISC (Indian School Certificate) assessment.
A total of 266 Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, 80 Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates and 644 Other Backward Castes (OBC) candidates took the ICSE assessments. All of them passed.
As for ISC, all 151 SC candidates and 326 OBC candidates who took the assessment passed. However, one of the 66 ST candidates appearing for ISC did not pass, taking the pass percentage to 98.48%.
In ICSE, three students from Uttarakhand (one boy and two girls) did not clear the assessment. In ISC, eight students (seven boys and one girl) were unsuccessful.
This year, students will get only marks, no marksheets, as they could not appear for Board exams and have been marked on an alternative assessment.
Riddhi S, a class XII student of Convent of Jesus and Mary School in Dehradun, said, “We have been marked based on an assessment system and not the usual Board exams, so we are somewhat uncertain about college admissions. Most students are now banking on college entrance tests to get admissions. Some universities like Delhi University announce cut-offs. I believe they should tweak this a little this year based on the new normal. We believe the percentage we have received is lower than what we could have gotten had we taken the exams.”
