Wednesday, 04 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
In the result of class X declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday 99.23 per cent of the students were declared passed in Dehradun region. The Covid-19 affected result process witnessed a jump of about 10 per cent from last year when 89.72 per cent students had passed the examinations. In the examination 85,539 students were enrolled out of whom 85,149 were included in the process and 84,494 were declared passed. The regional officer of CBSE Dehradun, Ranber Singh said that 1,082 schools ( 610 Uttarakhand, 472 Uttar Pradesh) are in the jurisdiction of the Dehradun office of CBSE. He said that 100 per cent students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Central Tibetan Schools were declared passed in the examination. Similarly the pass per cent of the Government schools and independent schools remained at 99.55 and 99.19 per cent respectively. In Dehradun district 6,759 girls and 9,288 boys appeared in the examination process out of whom 6,729 boys and 9,202 girls cleared the examination.
It is pertinent to mention here that the CBSE in view of the increasing number of the Covid-19 cases in the country cancelled the board examination for class X which were slated from May 4. The board decided to declare the result on the basis of an objective criterion. In the assessment criteria, 10 marks were given for the performance in the unit test, 30 marks for half yearly examination and 40 marks for the pre board examination. For accuracy and fairness of the results, a committee consisting of eight members (Principal, five subject teachers and two external members) was set up in every school. Singh said that any candidate who is not satisfied by the allotted marks will be given an opportunity to appear in the examination as and when the conditions are conducive for holding the examination.
