CISCE Classes 10 and 12 rsults out sans merit list

New Delhi(Agencies): The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday announced the results for class 10 and 12 exams even as it decided against bringing out a merit list this year in view of "exceptional circumstances". The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which too cancelled the pending class 10th and 12th board examinations, is likely to announce the results by next Wednesday paving the way for students to take admission in the next sessions which has been delayed due to the lockdown. While ICSE announced that it has not shared a merit list of the annual board examinations this year, sources said CBSE too would do the similar thing and announce the results without merits. 

While the ICSE board recorded a pass percentage of 99.34 per cent for class 10 exams, up by 0.8 per cent since last year, the pass percentage for the class 12 exams stood at 96.84 per cent, recording a marginal increase. The board had to cancel its pending exams in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases and the result has been calculated on the basis of an alternative assessment scheme decided by it.

"Given the exceptional circumstances, this year CISCE will not be publishing a merit list for either the ICSE or ISC year 2020 examinations," CISCE Chief Executive and Secretary Gerry Arathoon said.  "This year has been exceptionally

difficult for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple national and states' lockdowns, coupled with many other related problems," he added.

As per the results announced, a total of 2,06,525 candidates have cleared the class 10 exams, known as the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), while 1,377 candidates have been unsuccessful. The class 12 exams, called the Indian School Certificate (ISC) exam, have been cleared by 85,611 candidates while 2,798 students have been unsuccessful.

The ICSE examination is conducted in 61 written subjects of which 22 are Indian languages, nine are foreign languages and two classical languages.

A total of 2,341 schools had presented their candidates in the exam. The ISC examination is conducted in 51 written subjects of which 15 are Indian languages,  six are foreign languages and one is a classical language. A total of 1,125 schools had presented their candidates in the exam.

The board had last week announced an alternate assessment scheme for the two classes after the pending exams were cancelled in view of a spike in COVID-19 cases.