According to information released on Wednesday by Ministry of Education authorities, almost 6.5 million pupils failed the board exams for grades 10 and 12.
They claimed that a study of 59 school boards’ data revealed a significantly greater failure rate for state boards than for central boards. For the study, the ministry evaluated three national and 56 state boards.
The study also highlighted the gender differences observed in different school types, showing that more females from government-managed schools showed up for the class 10 and 12 board exams, whereas the trend in private and government-aided schools was the opposite, with more boys showing up.
The official stated, “This may reflect gender bias while spending by parents on education.”
Despite the challenges, girls were reported to have dominated in pass performance across government, aided and private schools.
For class 10, about 3.3 million students failed to reach the next grade level. Of these, 550,000 lah did not appear in their examination. The data showed that around 3.2 million class 12 students did not complete the grade, including 520,000 students who failed.
How states fared?
When state boards were compared, the data showed that Madhya Pradesh board was the worst in recording student failures in class 10. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh followed next.
In class 12, the most number of student failures was reported from Uttar Pradesh, followed by Madhya Pradesh.
For class 10, the failure rate in the central and state boards stood at 6 per cent and 16 per cent respectively. A similar comparison for class 12 showed that the failure rate stood at 12 per cent and 18 per cent respectively for both the boards.
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