City is last in SSC results
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Hyderabad has secured the lowest pass percentage (76.94 per cent) among all the districts in the state in the SSC results announced on Thursday for the third year in a row. Karimnagar emerged as the highest scoring district at 93.38 per cent for the second year running. The number of schools in the state scoring zero per cent results has increased to 15 this year from 10 last year.
Among them, 12 are in the private sector, and two are government schools. The schools securing 100 per cent results have increased from 2,562 last year to 3,588 this year. Hyderabad collector N. Gulzar had personally monitored the schools in an effort to improve the SSC results, but it did not materialise. The overall state pass percentage in the state is 87.94, with over 9.22 lakh students clearing the exams from over 10.49 lakh who appeared. Girls outperformed boys with 1.79 higher pass percentage. As many as 135 government schools, 816 zilla parishad, 13 municipal schools secured 100 per cent results this year.
SSC supplementaries from June 20
The SSC supplementary exams will be held from June 20 to July 3 between 9.30 am and 12 noon.
The last date for the payment of exam fees is June 11. For re-verification of answer sheets, students can submit applications at the DEO offices in districts for all subjects, except social studies, for which forms can be submitted only in Hyderabad. For re-counting, students are required to pay Rs 500 per subject within 15 days of the SSC result announcement. For re-verification, students will have to pay Rs 1,000 per subject within 15 days.
Grading system draws criticism
There was a general condemnation of the government for announcing the new system of awarding grades instead of marks at the last minute. A question commonly being asked is how can students who score comparatively higher marks than others be categorised in the same grade. It will kill the “competitive spirit”, it is alleged. Minister for secondary education K. Parthasarathy said: “The grading system is scientific and being followed by all the national and international boards. It will end the mad race for marks and de-stress students besides curbing competition among private schools.”
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