Sunday, 13 Oct, 2024
By: Deepak Maggu
The different approaches in these two years, as well as the different circumstances, are borne out in the different results.
CBSE's first external board examination results were released on Saturday after the unexpected results of the 2021 pandemic. This year's result was also as unique as the 2021 result. There was an unexpected increase of 10.59% in the Class XII results of the Corona period of 2021, but this year there has been a decline of 6.66%. Something similar happened in the results of Class X also. The result of an increase of 7.58 in 2021 came with a fall of 4.64% in 2022.
Due to the pandemic, the board did not hold exams for classes X and XII in 2021. At the school level, results for Class XII were generated using a sophisticated computation method that drew upon students' Class X and XI final results, internal tests held throughout the year in schools, board internal assessment, and practical examination scores. This was done in conjunction with a school-level moderation procedure.
At 92.71 percent, the nationwide Class XII pass percentage is significantly lower than last year’s 99.37 percent. However, it is higher than pre-pandemic year pass percentages: 88.78% in 2020 and 83.44% in 2019. Similarly, the pass percentage of Class X this year stood at 94.4%, which is much lower than last year's 99.04% but a little better than the time before the Corona period. However, overall 33,432 Class XII candidates or 2.33 per cent of all candidates scored 95 per cent or above this year. Last year, 70,004 or 5.73 per cent of all candidates scored in the same range. Similarly, 1,34,797 or 9.39 per cent of all Class XII candidates scored 90 per cent or above this year. This is down from 1,50,152 or 11.51 percent, of candidates last year.
The nationwide pass rate for Class X has also decreased, from 99.04 percent last year to 94.4 percent this year. However, a larger percentage of students received scores in the top quartile of 95% and above. 3.10 percent (64,908) of the candidates this year received a score of 95 percent or higher. 2.76 percent (57,824) of all candidates last year received scores in this range. In a similarly, 2,36,993 students, or 11.32 percent of the students, received scores of 90% or higher this year. This is more than the 2,00,962 students (9.58%) from the previous year.
The different approaches in these two years, as well as the different circumstances, are borne out in the different results. The circumstances and evaluation pattern were different. In spite of the conditions, last year's results were created as we were still figuring out how to go from offline to online. This time it was systematic, and schools got actual offline teaching time with students from halfway through last year.
