Tamil Nadu Plus-2 results: Over 10 per cent government schools score centum
CHENNAI: With the steady improvement over years, more than 10 per cent of government schools have registered cent per cent pass percentage in plus-2 exams this year.
Students from 6,732 schools have appeared for the board exams in 2017. Of this 1,813 schools achieved 100 per cent results. Out of 2,640 government schools, 292 schools have registered the 100 per cent results. Compared to last year 26 more schools have achieved the full results.
“In 2013, only 54 government schools got 100% results. With the co-operation of teachers and district education officials, the number of schools increased to almost 300 this year,” said S.Kannappan, who was the director of school education for the last three years. He was recently posted as state director of RMSA.
“Fourteen of 44 model schools set up by RMSA registered 100 per cent results. The results of government schools are steadily increasing,” he said.
Some schools like Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Ashok Nagar have narrowly missed the 100 per cent. “This year of 576 students, 563 students cleared the exam. We have got the 98 per cent pass percentage. Around 135 students have got marks above 1,000,” a teacher from the school said.
In many districts, the education officials also started to focus on the weaker students. “Students will not get fail in all the subjects. There will be one or two subjects. If we identify the reason and then we can improve the pass percentage,” officials said.
Corporation schools perform better this year
Chennai schools have registered a pass percentage of 88.7%, an increase of 2.5% compared to the previous year.
A press release from the Greater Chennai Corporation said a total of 6,423 students including 3843 women students appeared for plus 2 exams. Of the total 32 schools, run by the Chennai Corporation, 2 schools recorded centum. The release further said that a total of 524 students secured more than 1000 marks, 136 students also secured more than 1100 in subject wise marks. This year 119 students secured centum in various subjects, compared to 51 students last year. With the post of Chennai Mayor post lying vacant, Local Administration minister, S P Velumani congratulated the Corporation school teachers. Officials called on the minister at State Secretariat to share success stories of Corporation school students.
Boys in co-ed schools record higher pass percentage
Boys studying in co-educational schools have recorded a higher pass percentage compared to those in boys-only school, as seen in the higher secondary results from 28 districts in the state.
Of 33 districts in Tamil Nadu, 28 districts, including Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, Cuddalore, Ariyalur have seen an increased pass percent among boys from co-ed schools.
Psychologists said that this could be due to girls being seen as healthy competitors when in co-ed schools. “Boys, generally, have much more distractions while girls are more sincere and focused when it comes to studies. In the presence of girls, a competition brews,” said city-based psychologist, Dr. Abilasha.
She added that another reason is that girls are helpful with notes and classroom learning, lending their support and notes to boys, which could be a motivating factor.
Psychologist B. Elayaraja said that being in a co-educational school increased the gender-based competition, which is lacked in a same-gender environment.
Samy Sathyaraj, state president of the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary School Head Masters Association, said: “Boys in same-sex schools have distractions like cinemas, gaming, phones and even liquor creeping to be one major one. The state of education in smaller towns and municipal bodies also depends on the teachers, focus of parents on a child’s education and the peers.
