: Nearly half of Assam’s Class 10 students failed the exams. The blame doesn’t just lie with Covid-19 #IndiaNEWS Assam’s Class 10 results declared on June 7 show that of the total number of students

Nearly half of Assam’s Class 10 students failed the exams. The blame doesn’t just lie with Covid-19 #IndiaNEWS
Assam’s Class 10 results declared on June 7 show that of the total number of students who appeared for the board exam, about 56.49% have passed. It is a sharp drop from last year, when over 93% of Class 10 students passed Class 10 – the highest ever pass percentage recorded in the state.“The students were distracted because of Covid in the last two years,??? said RS Jain, chairperson of the Board of Secondary Education, which conducts the examination in Assam. Last year, the board did not conduct state-wide examinations. “There was a school-based evaluation last year and everybody was passed.???Jain told Scroll.in that government schools recorded a pass percentage of 52% this year, while for private schools the number was 58%.Assam’s secondary education department has now handed show-cause notices to 102 state-run schools. Of these, 25 schools had zero pass percentage. In 70 schools, less than 10% students passed, while in seven schools, just 10% students passed.Low pass percentages seem to be concentrated in government schools in rural districts, which are also among the poorest in the state. Teachers and educationists say that in these areas, the pandemic only accentuated structural problems in education. The disparities between private and public educational institutions have also become more stark, they...Read more

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