69% pass Kerala board examination

Dubai: The pass percentage for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations (Grade 10) held in March this year stood at 68.95 per cent, according to the state education minister M.A. Baby.

Announcing the results in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the south Indian state of Kerala, the minister said a total of 4,71,248 pupils sat for the exams of which 3,24,911 qualified for higher studies. About 1,799 pupils scored A+ grades in all subjects. The number of pupils who did not achieve D+ grade stood at 57,105.

New Indian Model School, Sharjah

Mithula Santosh scored A+ in 13 subjects, Khadeeja Farhath, Aswathy P. Nair, Mufeedah Mohammad, Haseena Rehman, Merin Sara Philip, Sharanya and Rinshad Hameed scored A+ in 12 subjects while Jesna Sivakumar and Jlia John bagged A+ in eleven subjects.

New Indian Model School, Dubai

Tasneem Abdul Vahab scored A+ in 12 subjects and one A grade, Chris Susan Abraham scored A+ in 11 subjects and 2 A grades, Divya Sethu Madhavan, Roomisha Surendran Nair and Anjali Muraleedhran Nair, each got A+ in ten subjects and 3 A grades, Mohammad Najaf Jahfarudeen and Chris Susan Abraham bagged eleven A+ and 2 A grades, Sujith Kumar A.K. scored well in ten subjects with 1 B+ grade.

Gulf Model School, Dubai

Aliya Basheer bagged A+ in all 13 subjects, Fidiya Nizar got A+ in 12 subjects and 1 A grade, Arshad Abdul Sherif scored A+ in twelve subjects and 1 B grade, Bobin Chandradas scored A+ in eleven subjects and 2 A grades, Angel Mary Mathew got A+ in eleven subjects and 2 A grades and Janma Mohan scored A+ in eleven subjects and 2 A grades.

Al Manal Private School, RAK

Khwaja Mehboob Ali scored A+ in four subjects, 7 A grades and 2 B grades while Farzana Mohammad Nawaz bagged A+ in three subjects, 5 A grades, and 3 B+ grades.

Our Own Indian School, Dubai

Vishupriya Padmakumar scored A+ in twelve subjects and 1 A grade, Linsa Susan Philip got A+ in twelve subjects and 1 A grade, Deeraj Divakaran scored A+ in 10 subjects and 3 A grades, Jhony Jhonson scored A+ in ten subjects and 3 A grades, Joel Varghese scored A+ in eleven subjects and 5 A grades, Jinita Tresa Jose got A+ in six subjects and 7 A grades, Liba Thomas got A+ in seven subjects and 6 A grades, Aditya Kumar scored A+ in eleven grades, Shijo P Sabu scored A+ in ten subjects and 2 A grades, Sobin Babu got A+ in nine subjects and 3 A grades, Mary Punnose got A+ in ten subjects and 2 A grades, Nisha Prem Kumar scored A+ in nine subjects and 3 A grades, Aleena Mary Varghese scored A+ in four subjects and 6 A grades, Sabith Sanal scored A+ in seven subjects and 5 A grades, Athif Ahamed Moopen scored A+ in five subjects and 7 A grades, Roshan Jacob George scored A+ in nine subjects and 3 A grades and Stebin Oommen scored A+ in nine subjects and 2 A grades.

Indian School, Fujairah

Nithin Thomas scored A+ in 12 subjects and 1 A, Cerin Thomas and Jenimol Chacko notched up A+ in eleven subjects followed by Fawaz Abdul Azeez who scored A+ in ten subjects and 3 A grades.

New Indian Model School, Al Ain

Winners: Thesin Ameer, Remeena, Aravind, Rohith R.

Model School, Abu Dhabi

Neethu Thulasidas and Nimmy Anand-scored A+ in 13 subjects.

Under the new system of evaluation that was introduced last year by the United Democratic Front government in Kerala, there are no ranks awarded to SSLC exam winners. The practice has been continued this year too.

Announcing the results, the minister said the old system of SSLC examinations would be discontinued from next year.

Ahead of the announcement of the results, a counselling lifeline was also launched in the state to try and prevent suicides by pupils who may be devastated by the results.

The district Mental Health Programme here launched a round-the-clock crisis management intervention and counselling lifeline service named Jeevan Raksha a day ahead of the publication of the SSLC results, with the contact number 0091-471-3201311.

The facility has been launched, keeping in mind the fact that Kerala had the highest rate of suicides in the country over the past several years.

- With inputs from Akhel Mathew, Correspondent

Reactions:

Advocate A. Najeeth,Chairman of Gulf Model High School

"Eighty per cent of our students who sat for the exams achieved A+ in their grading. Surprisingly, the boys performed well this year. Expatriate children achieve better results than their counterparts back home. The reason could be that parents here are more involved in their children's studies. Education is more expensive here and there is a need for good results. There are also more working days in schools here.

The other reason is that schools are run by the private sector and the environment is very competitive. A large number of the Kerala Board schools are based in the UAE (12), as compared to one each in Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Most of the expat children opt for science stream."

V. V. Kader, Principal, Model School, Abu Dhabi

"All our students are eligible for higher studies. Of the 99 students who sat for the exams, two achieved A+ grade. Both the students are girls. The students have to write 13 papers. Yes, the Gulf students are better (than children back home), maybe because there are better opportunities here. There are also not many activities here for children, so they are more focused on their studies."

Aziz Akhtar, Principal, Our Own Indian School

"The results have been very good. We are happy. Our Own Indian School has a habit of producing good results. Before the grading system, our school ranked 4th among the 600,000 students who sat for the exams. The grade average has been A for more than eight students. Fifty-eight students wrote the exams. (There are 3,000 students in the school). A majority of the students opt for the science stream."

- Compiled by Mahmood Saberi, Staff Reporter