Jamshedpur: The Central Board of Secondary Education�s (CBSE) declared the class 10 results with the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) system for the fifth consecutive year. Around 4000 had appeared for the class X examinations this year.
More than 30 students scored 10 CGPA in DAV Public School, Bistupur while 15 students from DAV NIT secured 15 CGPA out of the total 261 students. 23 students scored 10 CGPA in Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya out of the total 122 students. Jamshedpur Public School had 16 students with 10 pointers. St. Mary’s School had 21 students with 10 pointers as compared to three last year.
Kerala Public School, Burmamines of the 435 students which appeared for the class 10 exam, 5b students secured 10 CGPA, Ekta Agarwal, Rvi Ranjan, Nimisha Kumari, Anmol Kumari and Shilpita Sinha we the lucky ones from KPS.
SDSM School for Excellence had two students Gaurav and Sumeet Kumar who secured 10 CGPA while 4 students got 9.8 and 2 got 9.6. Akshansh Kumar was the only lucky one from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, South Park to have secured 10 CGPA.
The CGPA grading is done within a band of 10, which means students who scored anything between 91 to 100 received an A1 grade, with a grade point of 10. This was followed by A2 which consisted of marks between 81 and 90 with a grade point of 9.
� The credit for the splendid performance goes to the teachers and students who have worked hard throughout the year to make this happen. It is quite clear that now the students have fully understood the concept of CCE and have learnt to use it to their advantage. By introducing CCE the main aim of CBSE is to reduce the stress among students as well as to develop the students holistically, and seeing the result this year we are confident that we are moving in the right direction,� said Namita Agrawal, principal of Jamshedpur Public School.
” Students are happy to do away with mad race for marks. We are really happy to note that students and even parents are getting used to the grading system gradually. There are more number of students in our school who has received 10 CGPAs this time. The performance of students have improved this year,” said Vipin Sharma, principal, Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya.
Though the board has decided to do away with the marks race but despite all efforts parents and students were busy trying to compare their performances with their counterparts. This only goes to show that craze for percentage still persists among students.
Principals say that they are happy with the results and that the grading system have made students relaxed as compared to the initial days. �The grading system is not as complicated as I had feared. One
can easily get an idea of his or her percentage,� said a student.
