Chennai: Schools in Chennai have performed better in CBSE class 10 examinations this year.
Radhika Unni, principal, SBOA School and Junior College, said, “In our school the number of students scoring CGPA 10 has increased by 50 per cent this year.
This year, out of 738 candidates, 156 students have secured maximum grade points. Last year, 104 students out of 720 got full grade points.”
“We lost many working days due to heavy rains and floods. In January, teachers stayed back late in the evening and took classes. I am very happy with the results,” she said.
Modern Senior Secondary School principal K. Mohana was in a jubilant mood and termed the performance of her school students in the exams “excellent” this year. “Our students have secured minimum A2 or B1 grade in all subjects. The number of students secured 10 CGPA also more than doubled,” she said.
“We also lost 33 working days to floods. Our teachers gave the home
works through emails and WhatsApp messages. Teachers also conducted special classes in January. After all the hard work our students now got very good grades in the class 10 examinations,” she said.
Totally 61 students got full grade points whereas only 26 students
secured the CGPA 10 in class 10 exams. Chinmaya Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Virugambakkam gave shelter to flood victims in December. Of its 155 students, 45 secured perfect 10 CGPA, said P. Vijayalakshmi, school principal.
She attributed the results to students’ untiring hard work despite losing nearly one and half months due to the continuous rain and floods in the city. Maharishi Vidyamandir Senior Secondary School got 100 percent results this year. In this school, 107 students got 10 CGPA, said S. Namasivayam, senior
principal.
