Class X, XII Students perform poorly in online exams

Bhanu P Lohumi

Tribune News Service

Shimla, January 19

The performance of Class X and XII students in online Second Term Assessment has not been upto the mark and average performance was 53 per cent for Class X and 58 per cent for Class XII.

As per the data received for 87,402 students from 2,746 schools for Class X and 81,272 students from 1,803 schools for Class XII, 14 per cent and 4 per cent were below average while two per cent and one per cent, respectively were placed in merit.

In Class X, 14 per cent students were below average (1 to 32 per cent), 35 per cent were in Average (33-49 per cent), 21 per cent were in Second division (50-59 per cent), 23 percent were in First Division (60-74 per cent), 12 percent got Distinction (75-89 per cent) and only two per cent were in merit (above 90 per cent).

In Class XII four per cent was below average, 28 per cent were average, 25 per cent in Second division, 30 per cent in First Division, 12 per cent got Distinction and only one percent could make it in Merit.

The Education Department would hold pre-board examination, tentatively scheduled from February end or March first week said Director of Higher Education Amarjeet Sharma. The Pre- Board examinations would be conducted to review the performance of the students so that remedial measures could be taken to improve the performance of students who do not fare upto the mark from March 20 to April 15, he added.

 The board examination could also be preponed in the last week of April. The summer and winter closing schools would be re-opened on February 1 and 12 respectively and Standard operating Procedures (SOPs) have been released.

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