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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

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Delhi emerging as centre of learning

Staff Reporter

GOOD SHOW: Girls celebrating their success after the declaration of the CBSE 12th class exam results at St.Thomas School in New Delhi on Tuesday. — Photo: R.V. Moorthy

NEW DELHI: Delhi still holds the No. 4 position like last year among the six regional centres of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) where Class XII examinations were conducted with a pass percentage of 79.16. However, it has caught up with Chennai in the number of merit certificates this year and is emerging as a great centre of learning. In fact, it is leading the list of students who have scored above 90 per cent.

"Delhi is emerging as a centre of learning. Earlier most people flocked to the Capital to study at the college level, but now we are finding that there is a new trend even in schools. Children are coming in from different places like Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh," said CBSE Controller of Examinations Pavnesh Kumar on Tuesday soon after the declaration of the Class XII results.

Apart from attracting students from far and wide, Delhi's students also seem more focused towards getting their sights on higher scores. With the maximum number of children scoring 90 per cent coming from Delhi, the figure stands at 1,906.

"Delhi has a sizable population in a particular socio-economic bracket. Children in Delhi get more access to private tuitions. While spending more money on children does not always mean better results, a child with access to computers and more private tutors is likely to score better. Children are also being more aware. We have also re-designed the questions more scientifically," said Mr. Kumar.

Improvement

The Government schools and Government-aided schools in the Capital have also shown an improvement this year. Bettering their pass percentage from 76.44 last year to 78.05 this year, the Government schools have certainly tried harder. The performance of the Government-aided schools has also improved from 75.25 last year to 76.57 this year. This increase in the pass percentage in Government schools is due to new methods introduced. With more frequent unit tests, workshops for teachers and a question-bank that was freely handed out to students, the efforts made in the teaching certainly seems to have shown results.

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