Sunday, 16 February 2025

The State of our ( broken ) Education System

 

 

Sources : Reports appearing in Times of India / Economic Times of 22 Aug 2024

[ Reformatted for easier - quicker grasp /  Results taken from 59 Examination Boards, including 3 National level boards and 56 State level boards / Examination results of Secondary and Higher Secondary Boards Findings 2023 ]

 

Top 4 choice of MEDIUM of EXAM by students ( Pass % age ) :

Medium

Class  X

Class  XII

 

 

 

Hindi

85.8  %

84.9  %

 

 

 

English

84.2  %

80.5  %

 

 

 

Bengali

84.5  %

84.5  %

 

 

 

Marathi

87.4  %

85.1  %

 

Top States for  Class X  result :

Kerala ………… 99.9  %

Odisha ……….  98.2  %

Punjab………..  96.5  %

Jharkhand…… 95.8  %

 

Worst States for Class  XII result :

Meghalaya ……… 51.9  %

Gujarat ………….   59.7  %

MP…………………   63.9  %

Haryana…………… 66.7  &

 

Pass “ %  /  Numbers

Class  X    ( Girls : Boys )

Class  XII  ( Girls :  Boys )

 

 

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

In Govt Schools

80.6 % / 33.6 lakh

76.9 % / 32 lakh

83.7 % / 23.8 lakh

77.5 % / 22.2 lakh

 

 

 

 

 

Govt Aided Schools

87.3 % / 18.3 lakh

81.5 % / 20.1 lakh

87.8 % / 20.5 lakh

81.7 % / 20.9 lakh

 

 

 

 

 

Private Schools

93.6 % / 29.2 lakh

88.6 % / 38.6 lakh

87.5 % / 27.7 lakh

78.2 % / 35.6 lakh

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% age in Science

N  A

N  A

   39  %

   47  %

 

 

 

 

 

% age in Arts

N  A

N  A 

   44  %

   33  %

 

 

 

 

 

% age in Commerce

N  A 

N  A 

   13  %

   14  %

 

 

 

 

 

% in Vocational

 N  A 

N  A 

    2  %

    3  %

 

Distribution of Students By Stream ( % age ) :

Ø  Vocational and Others …………………………….   3  %

Ø  Commerce ………………………………………………. 13  %

Ø  Arts ………………………………………………………….. 39  %

Ø  Science ……………………………………………………….43  %

 

Boards with over 1 Lakh Failures :

[ Out of a total of 65 lakh students failing ]

Ø  MP…………………………………….  3,99,006

Ø  Bihar………………………………..    3,55, 604

Ø  UP ……………………………………   2,99,750

Ø  Tamil Nadu……………………….   1,81, 564

Ø  Karnataka…………………………    1,78,054

Ø  Rajasthan…………………………    1,79,785

Ø  Assam………………………………..  1,69,534

Ø  West Bengal………………………   1,57,566

Ø  CBSE ………………………………..    1,17,356

 

Class X  Analysis :

Ø  33.5 lakh students did not make it to Class XI

Ø  28.0 lakh students FAILED boards

Ø  5.5 lakh students did not appear for exams 

Ø  Failure rate at 6 % in Central Boards and 16 % in State Boards

Class XII Analysis :

Ø   32.4 lakh students failed

Ø     5.2 lakh students did not appear in exam

Ø  Failure rate at 12 % in Central Boards and 18 % in State Boards

 

 

Summary of Results for Boards 2023 , for Class XII  :

Students

Regular ( Centre  /  State )

Open  ( Centre / State )

 

 

 

Registered ( Lakh )

17.8   /   142.4

1.6  /  4.9

 

 

 

Appeared ( Lakh )

17.6  /  137.4

1.6  /  4.6

 

 

 

Passed ( Lakh )

15.5  /  112.4

0.8  /  2.5

 

 

 

Pass / Appeared ( % )

87.87  /   81.78

51.27  /  53.77

 

 

 

TOTAL

  82.47

53.13

 

Summary of Results for Boards 2023 , for  Class  X  :

Registered ( Lakh )

24.2  /  166.6

1.1  /  3.1

 

 

 

Appeared ( Lakh )

24.0  /  161.3

1   /   3

 

 

 

Passed ( Lakh )

22.5  /  134.8 

0.6  /  1.4

 

 

 

Pass / Appeared ( % )

93.7  /  83.6

53.4  /  48

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

   84.9

49.6

 

From Economic Times :

WAY FORWARD :

Centre pitches equivalence of school boards to allow equal opportunity to children across states

NCERT’s “ Parakh Centre “ suggestions :

( A )  To reduce Exam pressure :

School Internal Marks

% age  Weightage

 

 

Class  9

70  %

 

 

Class  10

50  %

 

 

Class  11

40  %

 

 

Class  12

30  %

 

( B )  To arrive at Final Class 12 Score :

From

To Carry Weighted Average of

 

 

Class  9

 15  %

 

 

Class  10

  20  %

 

 

Class  11

  25  %

 

 

Class  12

  40  %

 

( C )  To earn a Secondary School Certificate for Class 12 , one will :

In Class

Need to earn, number of Subject-specific Credits

 

 

9  and  10

32 ( Out of total credits of 40 )

 

 

11 and  12

36  ( Out of total credits of 44 )

 

( D )  Credits for Vocational Community based projects / research :

Ø  For Class 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 ……………………..   4 credits ( Minimum 120 hours of activities ) 

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