Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

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 ) 

The Future of Exams > Unique Question Papers

 

 

When it is a question of “ losing / wasting “ an entire year of their precious lives by failing to pass the exams , students are likely to resort to copying

 

In the exam halls , students resort to many different methods of copying but the most common method is to look up what the student , sitting on the adjoining table is writing for an answer to a question. Occasionally this involves passing answers written on small chits of papers .

 

This works when the Exam Paper contains the SAME questions – in the SAME order and carrying the SAME number of marks

 

But what if we can deliver to each examinee a UNIQUE question paper, mentioned as follows on www.My-Teacher.in  ?

 

Over 294 Quintillion Unique Tests !

Yes, our system can generate more than 294 quintillion unique test papers from our extensive question bank, ensuring no two tests are ever the same.

 

 

What if we get AI ( Artificial Intelligence ) to make it IMPOSSIBLE TO COPY ?

 

Now, some of the stakeholders ( especially , the students themselves ) are bound to oppose this method by saying , >  this is not an “ apple for apple “ kind of testing. My neighbouring examinee got all very simple / easy questions but I got all , very difficult ones “

 

Whereas, AI ensures that , although UNIQUE , all question papers have the same “ degree of difficulty “

 

Here is a tabulation, comparing my suggestion with MCSE ( Microsoft Certified Software Engineer ) online exam

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2025/01/oath-or-law-or-artificial-intelligence.html

PS >  www.My-Teacher.in is totally  FREE  and does not require any registration / login

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/grand-father-of-ai.html

 

 

Friday, 14 February 2025

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