NEW DELHI: Keeping up with the national trend, the Class X pass percentage in Delhi government schools saw an increase to 97.5% after results were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday.
The 2020 pass percentage was 82.6%. However, while the government schools were ahead of the private schools in the success rate in Class XII, the positions have changed and private schools did better than government schools in Class X.
In the 16 regions that CBSE has divided the country into and with regards to the performance of government schools in these regions, Delhi was at the 10th spot, ahead of Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Noida and Guwahati. The pass percentage of girls in Delhi was above that of the boys at 98.9% against 97.4% for boys.
Regarding the performance of government schools in Class X, written exams for which couldn’t be held due to the pandemic, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi, “The pass percentage of Delhi government schools is 97.52%. 186 of our children have scored more than 95%.” He congratulated the “students, parents and team education”.
Citing Kejriwal’s tweet, deputy CM and education minister Manish Sisodia also tweeted in Hindi, “This is the result of Arvind Kejriwal (ji’s) governance model, that Delhi government schools are setting an example in the country.”
In the two regions in the city, the pass percentage of government schools in Delhi West (98.6%) was higher than in Delhi East (96.8%). Last year too, the west region had recorded a better performance at 84.9% against 81.4% in the east, which had a bigger number of students.
While CBSE could not hold written exams due to Covid, 1,008 schools held different exams, which formed the basis of the board’s final assessment. A total of 2,30,692 students sat for these school examinations.
Of all the students who were in Class X, 300 were deemed not to have cleared the hurdle, while 5,419 were accorded compartmental results. Compartment result is declared when a student is unable to pass in one or two subjects.
This year, 750 schools recorded 100% results, an increase from 147 last year. Also, 186 students scored more than 95%.
Further, the data released by Delhi government shows the average marks, calculated as Quality Index, had improved to 278.3 from 265.31 in 2020. The data highlights that since 2018 when the Class X board exams were reintroduced, the QI has steadily increased from 246.7 that year to 259.6 in 2019 and further to 278.3 this year.
