40 govt schools show zero pc result in Class X: Minister

Legislative Council
40 govt schools show zero pc result in Class X: Minister
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 26
Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed said in the Legislative Council here today that 40 schools in the Chenab region had shown zero per cent result in the Class X annual examinations this year.

Replying to a question by Naresh Gupta of the Congress, the Education Minister admitted that 40 government high schools and government higher secondary schools in the Chenab region had registered zero per cent result in the Class X exams. He added that committees had been constituted to find out the reasons for the poor results. “A divisional-level committee has been constituted to ascertain the reasons for the low pass percentage,” said Peerzada.

Regarding the measures being taken to raise the standard of education in the state, the minister said, “Efforts are being made to provide sufficient staff to these schools on an internal arrangement basis. Besides, these schools are being adopted by DIETs to monitor their progress on a day-to-day basis”.

Peerzada informed the Upper House that action was also being contemplated against non-performing teachers. “Explanations have been sought from erring teachers In this regard. Further action will be taken on the basis of the recommendations of a committee,” he added.

The minister said the Class X results were declared on January 20 and the report of the divisional-level committee was awaited.

On a question by Abdul Gani Vakil of the Congress, the Education Minister, in a written reply, said the results of the Class X exams conducted by the State Board of School Education in October last year were not leaked through the social networking site, Facebook. He said, “No, the results of Class X exams were not leaked through the social networking site, Facebook”.

Earlier, some newspapers had reported that the Class X results were leaked through a link posted on a page, ‘Frontline Kashmir’, on Facebook around 9 pm on January 10, at least 36 hours before they were officially scheduled to be declared on January 12.

However, the education board posted the Class X results on its official website on the afternoon of January 11.

The link, which had “enabled” the users to access the results, had also created confusion among the students and the board authorities. Replying to another question whether question paper leak has become a routine affair in the Jammu region, Peerzada said, “No, it is not a routine affair”.