Chennai: The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced results for class 10 and 12 exams, while it decided against bringing out a merit list this year in view of ‘exceptional circumstances’.
“Given the exceptional circumstances, this year CISCE will not be publishing a merit list for either the ICSE or ISC year 2020 examinations,” accorrding CISCE Chief Executive and Secretary Gerry Arathoon said.
While the board recorded a pass percentage of 99.34 per cent for class 10 exams, up by 0.8 per cent since last year, the pass percentage for the class 12 exams stood at 96.84 per cent, recording a marginal increase.
The board had to cancel its pending exams in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases and the result has been calculated on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme decided by it.
Arathoon added: “This year has been exceptionally difficult for everyone due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the multiple national and states’ lockdowns, coupled with many other related problems.”
As per the results announced, a total of 2,06,525 candidates have cleared the class 10 exams, known as the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), while 1,377 candidates have been unsuccessful.
The class 12 exams, called the Indian School Certificate (ISC) exam, have been cleared by 85,611 candidates while 2,798 students have been unsuccessful.
“At this point, I would like to commend our candidates, who have shown exemplary resilience and fortitude during this crisis period, faced with the agony of a long wait for a possible delayed examination in the remaining papers, the subsequent prolonged wait for the results while simultaneously continuing their studies of the next class or preparing for the entrance examinations. Your patience and perseverance are to be admired,” Arathoon stated.