Centre recommends 7 states to undertake widespread board for sophistication 10, 12 as evaluation flags poor outcomes

The seven states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal.

There are a complete of 66 faculty examination boards within the nation, together with three national-level boards and 63 state-level boards ,

Whereas the highest 33 boards cowl 97 per cent of scholars, the remaining 33 boards cowl simply 3 per cent of scholars.

“Widespread board for sophistication 10 and 12 is the best way ahead for ease of education. Not having a standard board results in poor tutorial outcomes. We have now beneficial these states to undertake a standard board,” Faculty Schooling Secretary Sanjay Kumar stated.

A complete of twenty-two.17 lakh college students failed Class 10, and 20.16 lakh failed Class 12 throughout the nation in 2024.

Whereas the numbers have improved over the last decade, officers say they continue to be a major barrier to raised retention and transition to greater training.

“Position of Nationwide Institute of Open Education in these states turned essential to interact the unsuccessful college students in training. NIOS’s current prominence round Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana , must be expanded to different states.

“Standardisation of evaluation course of, curriculums, paper setting, elevation , examination span additionally wants consideration of Boards,” Kumar stated.

The evaluation identified that open faculty boards carried out poorly, with solely 54 per cent of Class 10 and 57 % of Class 12 college students passing.

“Establishments like NIOS should step up efforts to stop dropouts, supported by the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and elevated parental engagement,” Kumar stated.

A serious development famous is that women are outperforming boys throughout most boards, particularly in science. Greater than 28 lakh women handed in science, overtaking the 27.2 lakh in arts — a reversal of earlier traits and an increase from 23.3 lakh in 2022.

The evaluation flagged vital variations amongst college students’ efficiency in numerous mediums of instruction.

College students taking exams in Odia and Malayalam mediums did considerably higher than friends writing in Kannada, Telugu or Assamese, highlighting regional disparities. States like Kerala, Odisha and Manipur, which have built-in board methods, recorded go charges above 97 per cent, with Kerala at 99.96 per cent.

The evaluation report additionally famous sturdy performances from Navodaya Vidyalayas , the place 72 per cent of the scholars cleared NEET-UG. College students from Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas additionally fared properly in engineering entrance exams.

The NVs are absolutely residential, co-educational faculties offering high quality trendy training from Class VI to XII to gifted kids, predominantly from rural areas.

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