Mumbai: While colleges and universities offering higher education seek calculation of percentage of students passing class 10 and 12 examsthe Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reiterated that it will not calculate, declare or inform the percentage of marks obtained by students, which has been their practice over the years.
While CBSE does not award division, distinction or aggregates to class 10 and 12 students, other education boards like the Maharashtra State Board release percentage of marks scored by students.CBSE issued a notice on November 30 following requests from parents and students to intimate the criteria for calculating the percentage of the students in the board’s exams.
The board has advised admitting institutions to do the calculation of percentage of marks at their end, if required. Even past students seeking employment have been approaching the board for calculation of percentage. Employers too have been urged to calculate percentages at their level, where needed.
The board did away with giving percentages to discourage negative competition among students. The board even stopped publishing the merit list of class 10 and 12 students in the past few years. The Maharashtra state board has also done away with the merit list as the practice puts tremendous pressure on students. Schools, including CBSE, in their individual capacity have, however, been publishing and displaying the percentages obtained by their students.
Schools have been allowed to calculate the percentage of their students, if required. “We have been issuing the percentage to students on our school letterhead. But some colleges have issues with that and want the board to give a percentage,” said the principal of a CBSE school. The board only issues mark sheets.
In case of students who had taken more than five subjects, the decision to take the best of five subjects may be taken by the admitting institution or employer, the board has stated.
Parents complained that some schools do not give the percentage even at their level, making it difficult to seek admissions in foreign universities. Principals said they stick to the board’s rule of not calculating percentages. “A school has every right to not calculate the percentage. By and large most higher education institutions now know that CBSE does not award percentages.”
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While CBSE does not award division, distinction or aggregates to class 10 and 12 students, other education boards like the Maharashtra State Board release percentage of marks scored by students.CBSE issued a notice on November 30 following requests from parents and students to intimate the criteria for calculating the percentage of the students in the board’s exams.
The board has advised admitting institutions to do the calculation of percentage of marks at their end, if required. Even past students seeking employment have been approaching the board for calculation of percentage. Employers too have been urged to calculate percentages at their level, where needed.
The board did away with giving percentages to discourage negative competition among students. The board even stopped publishing the merit list of class 10 and 12 students in the past few years. The Maharashtra state board has also done away with the merit list as the practice puts tremendous pressure on students. Schools, including CBSE, in their individual capacity have, however, been publishing and displaying the percentages obtained by their students.
Schools have been allowed to calculate the percentage of their students, if required. “We have been issuing the percentage to students on our school letterhead. But some colleges have issues with that and want the board to give a percentage,” said the principal of a CBSE school. The board only issues mark sheets.
In case of students who had taken more than five subjects, the decision to take the best of five subjects may be taken by the admitting institution or employer, the board has stated.
Parents complained that some schools do not give the percentage even at their level, making it difficult to seek admissions in foreign universities. Principals said they stick to the board’s rule of not calculating percentages. “A school has every right to not calculate the percentage. By and large most higher education institutions now know that CBSE does not award percentages.”
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