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Bangalore CBSE schools do well yet again

Bangalore Bureau

— Photo: K. MURALI KUMAR

Jumping with joy: Students of a school in Bangalore in a jubilant mood after the announcement of CBSE Class X results on Tuesday.

Bangalore: Students from Karnataka have achieved an impressive pass percentage of 98.41 in the CBSE Class 10 results announced on Tuesday, notches higher than the average performance of the entire Chennai region, which stands at 95.25 per cent.

Many Bangalore schools have recorded a pass percentage of 100. This continues the winning streak of Karnataka students who had put up a good show in the CBSE Class XII and ICSE Board results announced earlier.

The entire Chennai region has seen an increase of 2.26 in their pass percentage, indicating that the introduction of 20 per cent HOTS (high order thinking) component introduced this academic year in the examination did not deter the students’ performance.

Within the region, the highest pass per cent has been achieved by Puducherry (99.96 per cent), with girls scoring 100 per cent pass. Goa stands second at 98.74 per cent and Tamil Nadu at 98.56. The lowest pass percentage is of Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 51.39.

Karnataka stands fourth, where 11,581 students had taken the exams from 183 schools, of which 11,397 passed.

Upbeat mood

The mood was jubilant among students in Bangalore. They rushed to their schools and cyber cafes as the results were announced in the evening.

J.S.S. Public School said that all the 63 students who appeared for the examination had secured first-class results. Praneeth K.N. had topped the school by securing 96.4 per cent, followed by Nagarjun Bhat (96.2 per cent) and Vivek N. (94.4 per cent), said Gowri Nataraj, vice-principal.

Mariamma S. Mathew, principal, Oxford Public School, said that the school had secured 100 per cent results. Of the 82 students, who appeared for the examination, 68 had secured distinction.

As many as 40 students had scored above 90 per cent. “We are very happy with our students’ results.

Raje Neha Milind has topped by school with 96.6 per cent, followed by Vaibhav Bhargava who has scored 94.5 per cent. As many as eight students have secured a centum in IT. Shruthi Narayanan and Raje Neha Milind have secured centum in Sanskrit and science respectively,” she said.

“We have secured 100 per cent results with Ganesh Bhatt, Vinu K.S. and Vaishnavi Prasha scoring 97.4 per cent,” said Sumitra Das, vice-principal of National Public School, Rajajinagar.

C. Karunakakaran, principal of Kendreya Vidyalaya, Sadashivnagar, said, “We have secured 100 per cent results. This is the second consecutive year that we have recorded cent per cent results.”

Sandhya Paul has topped the school by scoring 97 per cent, followed by Bharat Pal Singh (96 per cent) and Lakshmi R. Kartaa (95.6 per cent).

“Our students have made us proud. Chandana R. has secured 97 per cent and has topped the school. We have secured 100 per cent results,” said an official at the Kendreya Vidyalaya, Malleswaram.

Students who wish to apply for rechecking will have to apply with a fee of Rs 100 within 20 days of declaration of results, according to a release by the regional officer of CBSE.

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