The 12th standard Board examination results for Science and Commerce stream were declared today in which students from Garo and Jaintia Hills district in India's northeastern state, Meghalaya, lagged far behind.
Conducted by the Meghalaya Board of School, Prityush Haldar from St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School in the state capital topped the Science exam with a total of 455 marks. Similarly, Arunava Kar Purkayastha again from St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School topped the Commerce stream with 453 marks.
But what was worrisome is the continued poor result of students from Garo and also Jaintia Hills districts. Nobody cleared the science exam from South Garo Hills. In fact, just six students sat for the examination from this backward district. Moreover, in South West Garo Hills there wasn’t a single student who appeared from the science stream.
The pass percentage of students from West Garo Hills was 60.39, while that of East Garo Hills was 68.18. In East Jaintia Hills, out of the 16 students, just one cleared the examination. The average pass percentages of these districts in Garo and Jaintia Hills were
In the Commerce stream, there were no students who sat for the board exams from South Garo Hills, North Garo Hills and South West Garo Hills. The pass percentage of students from West Garo Hills was 55.60. The only solace was in East Garo Hills where all the ten students who appeared for the examination passed. The overall pass percentage in the commerce examination was 69.24.
Predictably, Schools and colleges in East Khasi Hills from the State capital did well. Eight students were in the top ten list from St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School in the science stream.
Three students were in top ten list in the commerce examination from the same school, which was only surpassed by St. Edmund’s College who had five students in the list.
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