The number of subject-wise centum rose exponentially in Coimbatore in the SSLC public examinations.
While 5,142 students from the city scored centum in various subjects last year, the figure jumped up to 12,324 this year, a quantum increase of 139.67 per cent.
The increase was mainly driven by the science subject, in which the number of centum increased phenomenally this year. From 3,395 centum in 2014, the figure more than doubled this year to 7,024.
This was followed by social science in which 3,344 scored centum, compared to 1,742 last year. However, mathematics, a subject in which centum should be far more common place, recorded only a marginal increase. A total of 1,866 students hit the top mark this year, compared to 1,662 last year, an increase of just 12.27 per cent.
The number of centum in English also rose only marginally, touching 76 from last year’s 71. There were no centum in Tamil, although 14 students in other languages scored centum.
Special schools
Three special schools in the district scored cent per cent pass. They are the IJS Hearing Impaired Higher Secondary School at Thekkupalayam, IRCS School for Hearing Impaired at Kavundampalayam and the Kasthurba Gandhi Oral School for Hearing Impaired at Varadharajapuram. Further, the Government Tribal Residential High School at Muttathuvayal also hit this mark this year.
A highlight of this year was the presence of the Government school students in the State ranking list. D. Asvitha Kamatchi of the Government Higher Secondary School, Seripalayam, scored 498 to achieve State second rank. Further, R. Anjana Bharathi, also from the same school, scored 497 to bag State third rank. The girls had done the Government schools proud through their performances, said Chief Educational Officer A. Gnanagowri.