SSC: Hyderabad stays at the bottom

Source :TNN, May 24, 2010, 04.37am IST


HYDERABAD: The state capital was right at the bottom in the SSC-2010 results declared on Sunday with a pass percentage of 71.79, while Nizamabad topped the list (92.65%). There were no toppers from the city either, the honour going to Tirupati, Karimnagar, Nellore and Khammam. Also, SSC-2010 again saw girls outshining boys.

The overall performance, however, was an improvement over last year (71.83%), jumping to 81.63. A total of 2,433 schools secured 100% pass this year, an increase of 440 from 2009. But the sorry state of government schools was brought home again with as many as 12 registering zero pass percentage.

Incidentally, Hyderabad bringing up the rear is not a new phenomenon. In 2008 the city scored 66%, which rose to 70.3% in 2009. Its marginal improvement in 2010 (71.79%) has, however, failed to propel it out of the hole. District education officer (Hyderabad) Victoria Deva Kumari blamed the city's poor performance on external factors, which, according to her, killed their efforts to improve the pass percentage.

"The riots followed by curfew upset the exam schedule, with some not even knowing the paper they were to write the next day. I hope the situation is better the next year."

A total of 13,48,726 students appeared for the SSC examinations held between March 22 and April 13. The supplementary exams are scheduled to be held from June 24 to July 7.