Nearly 200 schools in the city had a special reason to celebrate after the SSLC results, as they set a hundred per cent pass record. For many, it was not a new feat.
Out of 1,560 schools across the State that fall in this category, 180 are located in the city. A majority of these schools attributed their success to good faculty members as well as excellent infrastructure. Some managements cited extra coaching classes and bridge courses conducted during the summer holidays.
Shilpa S., headmaster of Bharath Mata Presidency School, Bettahalli, said that the management and the students are elated to earn the 100 per cent tag. “We are thrilled that our efforts paid off,” she said.
Among other factors is the number of students appearing for the exams. In as many as 82 schools in the city, less than 25 students appeared for the SSLC exams.
Sources in the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) pointed out that many schools, worried about their reputation, screen students and make ‘poor performers’ repeat class nine. “They tend to fail students, offer a transfer certificate and ask them to join another school so that their pass percentage is not affected,” a source in the department said.
In the last academic year, the DPI had received a complaint against a school in the city for asking class nine candidates to leave the school after the scored low marks in their exams.
Taking interest in
all their students
The management of Dileep School in Bilekahalli, located in one of the lower economic pockets of the city, had to initiate several measures to ensure that many of its class ten students, who are first-generation learners, pass the crucial test. Krishnappa, a faculty member, said that they tutored students and counselled them from the beginning of the academic year. These helped students cope with the pressure.
“Remedial classes were conducted for students who were not able to cope academically,” he said.
Shrinivas Reddy G.V of GVS School near Central jail said that they had extra classes on public holidays and on Sundays, which helped them get the cent per cent tag for the fourth consecutive year.
Majority of the schools attribute success to good faculty members and infrastructure
