MUMBAI: In the CBSE Class 12 results, several students have scored a perfect 100 in science and mathematics as compared to languages.
Among the science subjects, maximum students (3,547) across the country scored 100 in chemistry, and 753 in biology. The highest in physics was 99 that 2,087 students got. In mathematics, 2,870 students got cent per cent scores while accounts had 2,460 students with 100.
Business studies, political science, history, economics and psychology were some of the subjects that had students secure 100 marks. However, none scored 100 in languages, including English, Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit. Subjects like Marathi and Gujarati had one student each securing 99 marks.
Across streams, commerce fared better than science and humanities. At Billabong High School in Malad, commerce student Madhura Joshi topped with 95. 6% marks whereas the science topper scored
93. 6% and humanities 90. 8%.
At DAV Public School, Airoli, Nisarg Jain from science and Jasjeet Arora from commerce topped with 98%. DAV regional director Jose Kurien said commerce students have done well across his five schools. Some principals were taken aback by students underperforming in scoring subjects such as mathematics.
CV Madhavi, principal of Pune's DAV Public School, said for the first time there has been a compartment in mathematics. “The lockdown and the offline-online mode could be one reason for some students not being able to perform well. Otherwise, the school results have been good with students getting 100% marks in some subjects. ” SNBP International School in Pune also reported some pupils not clearing mathematics. Principal Jayashree Venkatraman said some students had scored full marks in the subject. “One reason for some students not scoring high could be because they must have thought that the CBSE will give 50% weightage to semesters 1and 2 each. So, some who did well in semester 1 took semester 2 lightly. The board gave 30% weightage to semester 1 and 70% to semester 2,” she said.
Arti Sharma, principal at Army Public School, Kirkee, also attributed the slight dip in results to students not clearing maths. “In our school, science students have passed but a few from commerce who had taken mathematics found it hard. . . ”
