CBSE Class 10 result is justified, say Mumbai schools

Shreyansh Shete from Bal Bharati Public School who scored 99.6 per cent celebrates his achievement

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Std X result on Tuesday, and it led to celebrations for many students with good scores and their schools. After the anticipation and anxiety around the first ever CBSE Std XII result without an exam recently; the outcome of the Std X result is fair and justified, said city schools.

"Compared to earlier results of schools, the performance now is similar. Th

ere are no drastic differences and this indicates that though there was no traditional exam, schools and the board have been fair in scoring students. The CBSE's decision to have a reference year from the past academic performances in the board exam has been important," said Suman Samarth, headmistresses for the secondary section at the R N Podar School. At this Santacruz school, out of 308 students; 116 have scored above 95 per cent. The school average is 99.29 per cent and most of its students have scored above 85 per cent. A total of 34 students have scored 100/100 in one subject.

Students of Apeejay School Nerul, check their CBSE std X exam result in Navi Mumbai. Pic/PTI

'A fair formula'

Kalpana Dwivedi, principal of the Bal Bharati Public School, said, "The CBSE board has given a fair formula and the calculations were done accordingly. Since there was a reference year; marks could not be inflated, as we were not allowed to do significant pluses and minuses to ensure that this result matched the past records. With justified marks coming from across boards, even without the traditional exam; we must review need for CET for Std XI admissions."

At Ryan Group, each school has had good results with all students passing. Grace Pinto, managing director, Ryan Group of Schools, said, "We are glad that all our hard work during these challenging times has paid off."

Also read: CBSE Class 10 results: Over 57,000 students score above 95 per cent, over 2 lakh 90-95 per cent scorers

Result figures

A total of 21,13,767 students registered for the Std X CBSE exam. Marks were obtained for 20,97,128 out of whom 20,76,997 passed, recording 99.04 passing percentage. Pune region ranks fourth in the total 16 with 99.92 per cent. Trivandrum ranks first with 99.99 per cent and Guwahati ranks lowest with 99.54. No region scored below 90 per cent. Girls have done better than boys with 99.24 per cent whereas boys have recorded 98.89 per cent in passing percentage.

Some 99ers from the city

Jairam Ayyar from DPS Nerul was elated with his 99.8 per cent as he was only expecting around 97 per cent. "As the academic year began in a pandemic, teachers told us to treat all internal assessments as the board exam. I took all internal tests very seriously and this helped," said Jairam.

Jairam Ayyar, DPS Nerul, scored 99.8 per cent

Aishani Shreya from R N Podar School who scored 99.04 per cent, said her attitude of treating each exam as her last chance to prove herself, helped. "I have always been that student who has taken each and every exam, however small, very seriously and that helped me maintain a good score. The school too, took several practice and pre-board tests," said Aishani.

Shreyansh Shete from Bal Bharati Public School scored 99.6 per cent. "The delay in board exams followed by uncertainty over them led to continuous revisions which was frustrating. But when the exam was cancelled, I was glad I treated all practice tests as final exams," said Shreyansh, an aspiring scientist.