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Announcing the SSLC results 2016 on Monday, primary and secondary education minister, Kimmane Rathnakar seemed quite unconcerned with the fall in the pass percentage from 81.82 in 2015 to 79.15 this year, claiming the two per cent difference was only because the government was alert to exam malpractices. “What you see is the quality result,” he claimed, downplaying the issue.
But not everyone is buying his theory considering that ICSE/CBSE schools do consistently well and have a high pass percentage most years whatever be the problem dogging the conduct of their examinations .
What then ails state schools? This is an often asked question but has now gained in urgency as students from these schools will soon be competing with those from CBSE and ICSE schools in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), which has replaced the dozens of tests for medical courses from this academic year on the orders of the Supreme Court. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is also expected to replace the hundreds of engineering admission tests with an all India single admission test from the next academic year, making the scenario even more competitive for state school students.
Not such a NEET affair: Karnataka SSLC kids lag behind
But not everyone is buying his theory considering that ICSE/CBSE schools do consistently well and have a high pass percentage most years whatever be the problem dogging the conduct of their examinations .
What then ails state schools? This is an often asked question but has now gained in urgency as students from these schools will soon be competing with those from CBSE and ICSE schools in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), which has replaced the dozens of tests for medical courses from this academic year on the orders of the Supreme Court. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is also expected to replace the hundreds of engineering admission tests with an all India single admission test from the next academic year, making the scenario even more competitive for state school students.
Not such a NEET affair: Karnataka SSLC kids lag behind
