99.95% students clear ICSE, 99.7% pass ISC in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: In a year marred by severe Covid-19 crisis, over 99.5% students enrolled in schools affiliated to the Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) in UP have passed the Class 10 (ICSE) and Class 12 (ISC) examinations through the alternate assessment scheme formulated by the Council in the absence of Board examinations.
According to the results announced by CISCE, 99.95% students in ICSE and 99.7% students in ISC cleared examinations across the state. The pass percentage for both ICSE and ISC went up by 1.4% and 3.9%, respectively. Nationally, 99.98% students passed ICSE while 99.76% cleared ISC.

Total 46,889 students, including 20,221 girls, appeared for Class 10 examination from UP. Out of them, 46,867 students were successful while 22 failed. In Class 12, 31,801 students, including 13,869 girls, took the examination. A total of 31,709 students passed while 92 flunked. UP has 386 ICSE and 307 ISC schools.
Genderwise, the results showed that girls outshone boys in both Class 10 and 12. While 99.96% girls cleared Class 10 examination as against 99.95% boys, 99.8% girls in Class 12 were promoted as compared to 99.6% boys.
The statistics released by the Board showed that in ICSE, 99.9% SC, 100% ST, and 99.98% OBC students cleared the examination. There were 3,002, 205 and 12,557 students from SC, ST and OBC, respectively, who appeared for ICSE exams from UP. Likewise in ISC, 99.7% students from SC and OBC categories and 99.2% from ST were declared successful. There were 1,957, 121, and 7,757 students from SC, ST and OBC who took the ISC examinations from UP.
Chief executive and secretary, CISCE, Gerry Arathoon said given the exceptional circumstances this year, CISCE did not publish the merit lists for ICSE and ISC examinations.
Arathoon commended the school heads for working in close cooperation with the Council to ensure successful compilation of the results. “While devising the methodology for computing marks, the endeavour was to ensure fairness to all candidates concerned to the best possible extent,” Arathoon said.