The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) today declared results for both class XII, which saw a pass percentage of 96.28, and class X with 98.49 per cent as girls once again outshone boys.
ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) Examination, 2015, showed a marginal increase in pass percentages over the previous year’s results, said Gerry Arathoon, CEO of the Council.
While class X registered a slight increase of 0.21 per cent, class XII showed a 1.01 per cent increase as compared to previous year’s result.
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For class X, the pass percentage of girls was 98.95 as against boys which was 98.12 per cent, he said, adding girls have performed better than boys in class XII result also with a pass percentage of 97.49 per cent against boys 95.27 per cent.
In the class XII results, the top rank was secured by Arkya Chatterjee from Vivekanand Mission School, Kolkata, who scored 99.75 per cent marks. The second position was bagged by four students with 99.50 per cent marks while the third rank by 13 students who scored 99.25 per cent marks.
The top position in Class X result was shared by three students — Sougata Chowdhury from St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata; Ananya Harshad Patwardhan, Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School, Mumbai; and Tezan Papan Sahu of St Mary’s ICSE School, Navi Mumbai. Each of them scored 99.20 per cent marks.
The second position was bagged by three students scoring 99 per cent marks and the third place by 11 students securing 98.80 per cent marks.
A total of 1,58,833 students including over 70,000 girls appeared in the ICSE this year.
In class XII, over 38,000 boys and 32,000 girls appeared in the examination this year. The total number of students who had appeared in class XII examination was 71,141, Arathoon said.
Southern region students recorded the highest pass percentages in class X and XII results while maximum students appeared in the examinations from northern region comprising Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and Delhi & NCR, he said.
Govt proposes age-relaxation for SSC exam
The Centre is considering age-relaxation for candidates appearing in this year’s Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) for recruitment to various Group B and C government jobs.
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has already issued a notification for CGLE, 2015 and mentioned August 1, 2015 as the date of reckoning of age for the purpose of determining eligibility.
“Government has received representations from a large number candidates. In this regard, a proposal to allow the candidates who fulfil the age criteria as on January 1, 2015, to also apply for the posts as a onetime measure, is under the consideration,” a note by Department of Personnel and Training said.
The DoPT has sought comments on this from concerned stake holders.
Irregularities in AIPMT; SC seeks response from Centre, CBSE
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and others on pleas seeking re-conduct of the 2015-16 All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) examination on grounds of alleged large scale irregularities.
A vacation bench of justices A K Sikri and U U Lalit sought responses from the Union of India, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Medical Council of India and Haryana where irregularities were detected, and fixed the pleas for hearing on May 21.
One of the petitions, filed by Tanvi Sarwal through lawyer Prashant Bhushan, said the investigation carried out by the Special Investigation Team of Haryana into alleged leak of answer keys has revealed that the accused gang operated in different states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Citing news reports, it alleged that the examination conducted on May 3 stood vitiated in the light of police probe carried out in several states, which suggest widespread ramification of the alleged leak of answer keys.
“Issue appropriate writ directing the respondent no 1 (CBSE) to forthwith re-conduct the AIPMT examination 2015-16 in order to meet time schedule as provided in the regulations on Graduate Medical Education, framed by the MCI under the Indian Medical Council Act,” the petition said.
It also said the “counselling/admission” on the basis of alleged “vitiated examination” will violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution with respect to genuine candidates.
“The police, investigating the case, has suggested cancellation of the examination in the interests of justice to the genuine candidates. This is because it has so far been found in the probe that the gang was operative in different states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan,” it said.
“Any delay in conducting the re-examination will frustrate the schedule resulting in either delay in commencement of academic session for 2015-16 or reduction in seats reserved for all India quota,” it said, adding that the delay would have serious consequences on the future of the candidates and quality of medical education in the country.
The petition claimed that at least 90 leaked answer keys were transmitted to candidates in consideration of Rs 15-20 lakh.
The plea said the use of technology to carry out alleged leak makes the conduct of examination extremely “susceptible to tampering”.
“It is a matter of common knowledge that data stored in electronic form may be transmitted across distances within fraction of a second,” the petition said.
It also referred to Shrikant Jadhav, Inspector General of Police, Haryana who has stated that the exam system has failed and may deprive genuine students from getting admission in medical institutions.
The IGP has also recommended cancellation of the examination in the “interests of justice”, it said.
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