Show-cause notice to 138 Assam schools for poor Class 10 results

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GUWAHATI

Assam’s Secondary Education Department has served show-cause notices to 138 State-run schools for poor results of their students in the Class X examinations.

The total pass percentage this year was 56.49%, a drop from the 93.10% in 2021 when the exams were not held due to COVID-19 and the results were declared through an evaluation formula based on the past performances of the students and internal assessment.

The success rate did not deviate much from “normal” years, but the Secondary Education Department’s attention was drawn to 30 schools for “zero per cent” result and 108 others that recorded a pass percentage of less than 10%.

The “pathetically dismal” result made Mamata Hojai, the director of Secondary Education, shoot off a letter to principals and headmasters of these schools, asking them to explain why their students could not perform. They were threatened with dismissal from service if their written replies are not received within a week from June 9.

According to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, Cachar district led the table with 14 poor performing schools followed by Karbi Anglong district with 11, Goalpara district with nine, Jorhat and Nagaon with eight each, and Kamrup (Metro) with six.

Dibrugarh and Karimganj districts have five such schools each, Dhubri and West Karbi Anglong four each, and Barpeta and South Salmara districts three each.