CBSE Class 10 board results add wings to Mumbai students

Even as the national pass percentage at Class 10 CBSE exams saw a dip from last year, city students fared well yet again with most schools getting 100 per cent results and many students scoring 95 per cent and above.

Chennai region, which Maharashtra is a part of, retained its second position like last year with 97.37 per cent pass percentage. This year, 5,537 students from over 1.88 lakh students in the Chennai region scored 95 per cent and above and a whopping 26,670 students scored 90 per cent and above.

Aruna Bhalla, Deputy Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatana, Mumbai region said that the region's performance for all the KV Schools is better than the national average this year. "There is a slight dip in the overall result of the region as compared to last year but that can be attributed to the changed exam pattern which is slightly difficult."

At the Delhi Public School (DPS) Nerul, 83 of the 233 students who had appeared for the exam scored 95 per cent and above. 154 students scored 90per cent and above. "Our class average is 90.5 per cent, which indicates that the performance is excellent. With only 20 per cent weightage to internal assessment this year, the result is commendable," said J Mohanty, Principal, DPS Nerul.

Andheri's Rajhans Vidyalaya saw 40 of the 129 students scoring above 90 per cent this year. "Despite the difficult paper pattern, students have coped well and done really well. All our students have scored good marks, including students with special needs," said Dipshikha Srivastava, Principal, Rajhans Vidyalaya.

Raj Aloni, Principal, Ramsheth Thakur Public School in Kharghar said that the new exam pattern, which mandates students to study the entire year's portion, seems to have affected scores to some extent. 

"While students have scored well in languages, many have lost marks in Science," added Aloni, while speaking to DNA.

TOP SCORERS

Akhilesh Narayan, Delhi Public School, Nerul , 99%
Akhilesh, a football buff, said that only one month of study helped him achieve this feat. “I was very chilled out and gave my best shot. My school and my parents were extremely supportive, which helped me achieve this,” he said. A resident of Vashi, Akhilesh wants to pursue engineering and aims to make it to IIT Bombay. He scored a perfect 100 in Sanskrit and a 99 in Maths, Science, and Social Studies. “He never took stress, but made sure that he puts his best effort and we are happy with the score,” said his mother Lakshmi. 

Rashi Shah, The Somaiya School, Vidyavihar, 99%
Rashi never joined any tuition or coaching classes all her life. She also never studied after 10 pm and before 10 am, while preparing for her exams. The one thing that she says helped her score 99% was to attempt to solve at least one previous year’s CBSE question paper every day. “I want to take up Arts in a state board college, preferably at St Xaviers. I also want to prepare for UPSC exams simultaneously,” she added. 

Tarun Agrawal, RN Podar School, Santacruz, 98.6%
Tarun said that sticking to the textbooks and the school study material helped him ace the exams. “I tried to study with the help of all the material that the board and the school had provided and did not rely on any special coaching,” said the Juhu resident. Tarun, who likes painting and playing video games, wants to take up commerce and become a Chartered Accountant. 

S Shruti, Delhi Public School, Nerul, 98.6%
Shruti, who likes listening to music, said that regular studies helped her get good marks. “I also took tuitions and studied consistently. Listening to music helped me a lot in concentrating on my studies,” she added. Shruti scored a perfect 100 in Sanskrit. “I want to take up engineering and am preparing for the same,” said Shruti.