CISCE XII exam: 18 share top spot; 3 Bengaluru girls bag second rank

BENGALURU: Of the 2,169 students who appeared for the ISC (Indian School Certificate) class 12 exam from Karnataka, 99.7% passed. Three students from Bengaluru were among the 57 who secured 598 marks, which was the second highest in the country.
The three students - all girls - are from Science streams. Sana Jose, a student of St Joseph's Boys High School, is aiming at a five-year integrated programme offered by IIMs. She is already pursuing an online programme in computer science from IIT Madras. "I think technology along with a business degree will be the best career path for me," Sana said. Sana is now preparing for the entrance exams.
Niveditha S Warrier of Christ Academy ICSE School wants to pursue research. She is preparing for JEE so that she can enrol in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. "I've been especially fascinated by astrophysics. I want to do research on it," she said. Niveditha said the continuous mock tests by the school helped her crack the exam with flying colours.
Sneha N Shastri of St Francis De Sales Public School also said continuous tests helped her in scoring well. Aspiring to take computer science engineering in any good college, Sneha is preparing for JEE. "I had a grip on my subject as I was preparing for the entrance exams. Teachers ensured that there was no stress on us. Frequent tests and model exams helped us perform well in the final test," she said.
The ISC examination was conducted in 49 written subjects, including 12 Indian languages, five foreign languages and two classical languages. In Karnataka, 61 Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates took the examination achieving a pass percentage of 98.36%, while all the 17 Scheduled Tribe candidates and 295 from other backward classes who took the examination, passed.
Schools in the city said the scoring has been better compared to previous years. "We feel students had a lot of time to prepare. Online classes were held only till noon, leaving students with enough time to prepare themselves. We had online as well as hybrid classes during the year," said faculty of St Joseph's Boys High School. "The MCQs (multiple choice questions) in term 1 helped students score better. They also had fewer lessons to learn in the second term as portions for the academic year were split into two. Teachers, parents and students were very cooperative," said Fr Jabamalai A, principal, St Francis De Sales Public School.