ICSE resuts : Girls outperform boys

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City students excelled both in ISC Class X and Class XII exams the results of which were announced on Saturday. Officials of the Council for the India School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) said that though state-wise data was not yet released, students of all 132 ICSE schools of the state had performed well.

Mr Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of CISCE, who released the results, informed that the pass percentage for ICSE was 98.62 per cent, up by 0.01 per cent from last year. This time too girls have done better than boys. “In ICSE, the pass percentage in English is 99.23 per cent, in Hindi 99.89 per cent, in Environmental Education 99.09 per cent, in History, Civics & Geography 98.33 per cent, In Mathematics 93.43 per cent, in Science 97.11 per cent, in Commercial Studies 97.67 per cent, in Economics 91.84 per cent, in Physical Education 99.99 per cent, in Computer Applications 99.95 per cent, in Economic Applications 99.92 per cent & Commercial Applications 99.98 per cent," he informed.

“In the ISC exam the English pass percentage is 99.75 per cent, Environmental Education 99.74 per cent, Bengali 99.85 per cent, Hindi 99.84 per cent, Economics 80.72 per cent, Commerce 83.64 per cent, Accounts 92.64 per cent, Mathematics 92.57, Physics 97.27per cent, Chemistry 98.91 per cent, Biology 98.61 per cent & Computer Science 99.56 per cent," he added.

Pass percentage many years. “His left limbs have jerky, involuntary movements and if he uses his right hand for something like writing, his whole body jerks constantly. It's like trying to write when you're sitting on a bullock cart on a bumpy road," says Ms Jayanthi Lakshman, his mother. "His scribes were very understanding and friendly and managed to do a wonderful job even though Arvind's speech is not very clear. They showed a lot of maturity.”

Ms Jayanthi is full of gratitude for her son's school. “Bethany has been very encouraging and supportive of Arvind during his time in school. He has been wonderfully taken care of.”